ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34760102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Villas, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 85.7% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone85.7%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 Villas CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 19.5 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 6.1%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 85.7%▲ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Villas CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.7%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone85.7% ±5.3 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.1% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,426 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Villas CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Villas CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,426 workers age 16+, including 4,158 workers with reported travel time and 268 home workers.

Population estimate9,735± 589 MOE
Workers age 16+4,426± 544 MOE
Workers with travel time4,158± 544 MOE
Estimated home workers268± 126 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

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Villas CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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