ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34791002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Freehold, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone65.7%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.1%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 commute33.4 min → 30.7 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.1% → 24.6%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 2.3%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.0% → 65.7%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.7% ±3.7 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.9 pp
Public transit2.3% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.4% ±1.1 pp
Work from home24.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 7,975 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,883± 1,152 MOE
Workers age 16+7,975± 676 MOE
Workers with travel time6,012± 578 MOE
Estimated home workers1,963± 416 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.