ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34616502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ramblewood, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 16.7% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±14.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Ramblewood CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.5 min → 28.1 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 16.7%▲ 8.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit4.9% → 5.0%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 74.6%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ramblewood CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 5.0% used public transit and 16.7% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±14.4 pp
Carpool3.5% ±2.4 pp
Public transit5.0% ±3.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home16.7% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,364 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ramblewood CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ramblewood CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,364 workers age 16+, including 2,803 workers with reported travel time and 561 home workers.

Population estimate6,611± 1,012 MOE
Workers age 16+3,364± 594 MOE
Workers with travel time2,803± 626 MOE
Estimated home workers561± 166 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

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Ramblewood CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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