ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34802702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westwood, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone55.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute29.2 min → 28.2 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 19.0%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit7.2% → 5.0%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 55.8%▼ 14.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.8% ±7.0 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.7 pp
Public transit5.0% ±2.5 pp
Walk6.5% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle4.5% ±6.4 pp
Work from home19.0% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 6,741 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

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

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,283± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+6,741± 441 MOE
Workers with travel time5,461± 553 MOE
Estimated home workers1,280± 324 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.