ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34764902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wallington, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 commute29.9 min → 29.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 5.5%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit10.1% → 5.5%▼ 4.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 76.3%▲ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.3% ±5.2 pp
Carpool7.4% ±2.4 pp
Public transit5.5% ±2.1 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 5,704 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% 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.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,889± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+5,704± 369 MOE
Workers with travel time5,393± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers311± 102 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.