What is the average commute in Charlotte County, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Charlotte County, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · VA · GEOID 510372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Charlotte County, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Charlotte County, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.2 min one way; 6.4% worked from home, 83.1% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.2 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home6.4%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone83.1%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.7%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 Charlotte County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute31.0 min → 32.2 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 6.4%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 83.1%▲ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Charlotte County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.4% worked from home.

Drive alone83.1% ±3.1 pp

Carpool7.6% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,818 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Charlotte County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

40^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

48^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Charlotte County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,818 workers age 16+, including 4,509 workers with reported travel time and 309 home workers.

Population estimate11,422± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,818± 268 MOE

Workers with travel time4,509± 269 MOE

Estimated home workers309± 114 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

Comparable Virginia commute records for Charlotte County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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