ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34646502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roselle Park, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.3 min → 25.8 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 10.7%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit8.1% → 5.9%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 73.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±5.8 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit5.9% ±2.2 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 8,559 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,093± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+8,559± 589 MOE
Workers with travel time7,640± 692 MOE
Estimated home workers919± 295 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.