ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34651302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rumson, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip45.0 min±10.6 min MOE
Worked from home33.6%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone44.5%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip33.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute47.5 min → 45.0 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.7% → 33.6%▲ 14.9 pp

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

Public transit22.1% → 13.7%▼ 8.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.9% → 44.5%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone44.5% ±7.1 pp
Carpool0.7% ±0.9 pp
Public transit13.7% ±3.1 pp
Walk5.2% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±2.1 pp
Work from home33.6% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 3,433 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

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

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,241± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,433± 256 MOE
Workers with travel time2,280± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers1,153± 219 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.