Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34652492024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.6 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 16.6% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.6 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone16.6%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 Rutgers University-Busch Campus CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 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 Rutgers University-Busch Campus CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 16.6%; 0.9% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,325 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rutgers University-Busch Campus CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rutgers University-Busch Campus CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,325 workers age 16+, including 1,872 workers with reported travel time and 453 home workers.
Population estimate5,920± 143 MOE
Workers age 16+2,325± 266 MOE
Workers with travel time1,872± 209 MOE
Estimated home workers453± 109 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 Rutgers University-Busch Campus CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.