Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 510092024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Amherst County, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.9 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 Amherst County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Amherst County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,321 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Amherst County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Amherst County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,321 workers age 16+, including 12,880 workers with reported travel time and 1,441 home workers.
Population estimate31,485± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,321± 457 MOE
Workers with travel time12,880± 474 MOE
Estimated home workers1,441± 290 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
All Virginia reports →Comparable Virginia commute records for Amherst County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.