ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34745402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Union Beach, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip31.9 min±10.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.4%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute33.4 min → 31.9 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 6.5%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit6.6% → 5.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 75.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±5.6 pp
Carpool11.3% ±7.4 pp
Public transit5.6% ±4.3 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.5% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 3,321 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,707± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,321± 492 MOE
Workers with travel time3,106± 533 MOE
Estimated home workers215± 140 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.