Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 510132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Arlington County, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 35.3% worked from home, 38.0% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.2 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home35.3%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone38.0%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Arlington County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.0 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 Arlington County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 38.0%; 14.0% used public transit and 35.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 146,240 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Arlington County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Arlington County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 146,240 workers age 16+, including 94,658 workers with reported travel time and 51,582 home workers.
Population estimate236,254± — MOE
Workers age 16+146,240± 1,131 MOE
Workers with travel time94,658± 2,230 MOE
Estimated home workers51,582± 1,938 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 Arlington County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.