ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34684302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Somers Point, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute22.8 min → 23.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 9.5%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 78.0%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±5.6 pp
Carpool3.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.2 pp
Walk6.3% ±3.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,212 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,515± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+5,212± 362 MOE
Workers with travel time4,719± 380 MOE
Estimated home workers493± 135 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.