ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34819502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbridge, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone64.2%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.3%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 commute31.0 min → 30.5 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 13.4%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit8.8% → 7.8%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 64.2%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.2% ±4.8 pp
Carpool7.4% ±2.3 pp
Public transit7.8% ±1.8 pp
Walk3.2% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±1.9 pp
Work from home13.4% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 10,744 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,756± 1,643 MOE
Workers age 16+10,744± 864 MOE
Workers with travel time9,304± 849 MOE
Estimated home workers1,440± 314 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.