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Counties With the Shortest Commute in New Jersey (2026)

Cape May has the lowest commute time of any county in New Jersey, at 22.0, followed by Atlantic and Cumberland (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 21 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in New Jersey

Top 21 of 21 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in New Jersey
RankCountyValue
1Cape May22.0
2Atlantic25.2
3Cumberland25.5
4Passaic26.5
5Salem26.5
6Mercer27.1
7Camden27.4
8Gloucester28.2
9Burlington29.1
10Morris29.8
11Ocean30.0
12Union30.2
13Bergen31.2
14Middlesex31.2
15Somerset31.4
16Monmouth32.1
17Hunterdon33.0
18Essex33.6
19Warren34.0
20Hudson35.4
21Sussex36.3

How this ranking works

This page ranks New Jersey counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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