ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34751402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip36.8 min±9.0 min MOE
Worked from home36.8%±13.0 pp MOE
Drove alone47.1%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.4%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 commute30.3 min → 36.8 min▲ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.6% → 36.8%▲ 11.2 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 9.1%▲ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.5% → 47.1%▼ 12.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone47.1% ±7.7 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit9.1% ±3.1 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.5 pp
Work from home36.8% ±13.0 pp

Each share uses 3,783 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,439± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+3,783± 366 MOE
Workers with travel time2,389± 382 MOE
Estimated home workers1,394± 509 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.