ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34767302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wanaque, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Wanaque borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.2 min → 30.2 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 8.2%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 78.0%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wanaque borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 1.6% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.0% ±3.2 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.2% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,853 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wanaque borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wanaque borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,853 workers age 16+, including 5,372 workers with reported travel time and 481 home workers.

Population estimate11,206± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+5,853± 381 MOE
Workers with travel time5,372± 426 MOE
Estimated home workers481± 161 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 Wanaque borough

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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