ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34777502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Watsessing, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip33.6 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home26.7%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone49.7%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 commute33.6 min → 33.6 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 26.7%▲ 14.1 pp

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

Public transit20.6% → 12.4%▼ 8.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.4% → 49.7%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.7% ±4.9 pp
Carpool7.8% ±5.6 pp
Public transit12.4% ±4.0 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home26.7% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 5,360 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,232± 765 MOE
Workers age 16+5,360± 658 MOE
Workers with travel time3,931± 563 MOE
Estimated home workers1,429± 353 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.