Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 515202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bristol city, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 2.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 Bristol city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 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 Bristol city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,142 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bristol city compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bristol city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,142 workers age 16+, including 6,316 workers with reported travel time and 826 home workers.
Population estimate16,849± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,142± 480 MOE
Workers with travel time6,316± 469 MOE
Estimated home workers826± 218 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 Bristol city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.