What is the average commute in Salem city, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Salem city, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 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 34654902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Salem, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Salem city, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 63.3% drove alone, and 13.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±7.0 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone63.3%±8.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.7%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 Salem city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 28.7 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 8.5%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit5.6% → 4.9%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.1% → 63.3%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Salem city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.3%; 4.9% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone63.3% ±8.9 pp

Carpool21.3% ±8.8 pp

Public transit4.9% ±3.4 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp

Work from home8.5% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 2,031 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Salem city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Salem city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,031 workers age 16+, including 1,858 workers with reported travel time and 173 home workers.

Population estimate5,322± 38 MOE

Workers age 16+2,031± 243 MOE

Workers with travel time1,858± 237 MOE

Estimated home workers173± 104 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 Salem city

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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