ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34806302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Horse, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute28.9 min → 23.9 min▼ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 11.8%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 1.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.6% → 77.7%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.7% ±5.5 pp
Carpool5.3% ±4.5 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.8% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,472 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.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% 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.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,507± 1,309 MOE
Workers age 16+5,472± 744 MOE
Workers with travel time4,826± 724 MOE
Estimated home workers646± 207 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.