ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34681902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smithville, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute24.1 min → 26.0 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 6.8%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 1.3%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 81.8%▲ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.8% ±9.4 pp
Carpool8.1% ±4.0 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.8% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 4,963 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,545± 1,092 MOE
Workers age 16+4,963± 872 MOE
Workers with travel time4,625± 848 MOE
Estimated home workers338± 199 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.