ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34805402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whippany, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute25.9 min → 25.0 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.2% → 21.2%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 1.3%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 73.1%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±5.4 pp
Carpool4.0% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.2% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 4,759 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,970± 611 MOE
Workers age 16+4,759± 452 MOE
Workers with travel time3,752± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers1,007± 263 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.