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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 13.4% worked from home, 64.2% drove alone, and 13.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Woodbridge CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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 Woodbridge CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.2%; 7.8% used public transit and 13.4% worked from home.

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

How Woodbridge CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 Woodbridge CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,744 workers age 16+, including 9,304 workers with reported travel time and 1,440 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Woodbridge CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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