ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34684602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Somerville, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%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 commute25.4 min → 28.2 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 17.1%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 2.2%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 66.8%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.8% ±4.1 pp
Carpool6.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk4.6% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.1% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 7,916 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,410± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+7,916± 390 MOE
Workers with travel time6,562± 391 MOE
Estimated home workers1,354± 278 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.