ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34825702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wood-Ridge, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone63.2%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.8%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 commute32.1 min → 32.8 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 16.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit12.6% → 16.3%▲ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.2% → 63.2%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.2% ±6.6 pp
Carpool1.3% ±1.0 pp
Public transit16.3% ±5.5 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.6% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,566 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,218± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+5,566± 409 MOE
Workers with travel time4,642± 464 MOE
Estimated home workers924± 283 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.