ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34793102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Long Branch, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home23.7%±8.5 pp MOE
Drove alone63.5%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 commute29.1 min → 23.2 min▼ 5.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.0% → 23.7%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 1.7%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.9% → 63.5%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.5% ±6.6 pp
Carpool3.4% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk5.9% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home23.7% ±8.5 pp

Each share uses 3,924 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% 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.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,586± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,924± 350 MOE
Workers with travel time2,994± 382 MOE
Estimated home workers930± 344 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.