Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34802702024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Westwood, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.2 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 55.8% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Westwood borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Westwood borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.8%; 5.0% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,741 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Westwood borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Westwood borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,741 workers age 16+, including 5,461 workers with reported travel time and 1,280 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Westwood borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.