Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34731402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Totowa, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 16.0% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.3 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Totowa borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Totowa borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 1.9% used public transit and 16.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,200 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Totowa borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Totowa borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,200 workers age 16+, including 4,366 workers with reported travel time and 834 home workers.
Population estimate10,959± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+5,200± 487 MOE
Workers with travel time4,366± 439 MOE
Estimated home workers834± 285 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
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Totowa borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.