Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34615302024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rahway, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.9 min one way; 17.0% worked from home, 61.0% drove alone, and 13.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.9 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone61.0%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.6%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Rahway city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Rahway city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.0%; 8.3% used public transit and 17.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,651 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rahway city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rahway city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,651 workers age 16+, including 12,165 workers with reported travel time and 2,486 home workers.
Population estimate30,109± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+14,651± 894 MOE
Workers with travel time12,165± 824 MOE
Estimated home workers2,486± 443 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Rahway city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.