ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34821202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbury, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 commute27.6 min → 25.2 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 14.4%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit6.9% → 4.7%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.9% → 68.1%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.1% ±5.1 pp
Carpool8.8% ±3.3 pp
Public transit4.7% ±4.7 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.4% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 4,561 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,042± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+4,561± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time3,905± 356 MOE
Estimated home workers656± 155 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.