ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34673202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Short Hills, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip42.6 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home40.4%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone33.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip38.9%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 commute45.6 min → 42.6 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home31.6% → 40.4%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit24.6% → 21.0%▼ 3.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone40.3% → 33.8%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone33.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool2.1% ±1.1 pp
Public transit21.0% ±4.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home40.4% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 6,837 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,923± 540 MOE
Workers age 16+6,837± 395 MOE
Workers with travel time4,077± 384 MOE
Estimated home workers2,760± 369 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.