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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.