Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34630002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ridgewood, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.6 min one way; 32.1% worked from home, 46.9% drove alone, and 25.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.6 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home32.1%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone46.9%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.8%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 Ridgewood village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.6 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 Ridgewood village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 46.9%; 12.0% used public transit and 32.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,834 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ridgewood village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 94th 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 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ridgewood village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,834 workers age 16+, including 8,718 workers with reported travel time and 4,116 home workers.
Population estimate26,308± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+12,834± 578 MOE
Workers with travel time8,718± 652 MOE
Estimated home workers4,116± 540 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 Ridgewood village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.