ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34764002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waldwick, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 commute28.2 min → 26.7 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 19.0%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit6.5% → 6.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 67.3%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.3% ±8.7 pp
Carpool3.0% ±1.6 pp
Public transit6.7% ±2.7 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.0% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 5,423 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,164± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+5,423± 408 MOE
Workers with travel time4,391± 555 MOE
Estimated home workers1,032± 361 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.