Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34764002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Waldwick, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 67.3% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Waldwick borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Waldwick borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.3%; 6.7% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,423 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Waldwick borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 61th 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 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Waldwick borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,423 workers age 16+, including 4,391 workers with reported travel time and 1,032 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Waldwick borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.