What is the average commute in Ridgefield Park village, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ridgefield Park village, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34629402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Ridgefield Park village, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 59.9% drove alone, and 11.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home12.5%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone59.9%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.9%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 Ridgefield Park village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.1 min → 27.3 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 12.5%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit11.6% → 11.9%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.6% → 59.9%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ridgefield Park village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.9%; 11.9% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone59.9% ±4.8 pp

Carpool9.1% ±3.3 pp

Public transit11.9% ±2.4 pp

Walk2.5% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home12.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 6,929 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ridgefield Park village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ridgefield Park village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,929 workers age 16+, including 6,065 workers with reported travel time and 864 home workers.

Population estimate13,235± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+6,929± 682 MOE

Workers with travel time6,065± 614 MOE

Estimated home workers864± 281 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 Ridgefield Park village

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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