What is the average commute in Chesterfield County, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 510412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chesterfield County, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Chesterfield County, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home19.5%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone71.3%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.2%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 Chesterfield County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 26.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 19.5%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 71.3%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chesterfield County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.4% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±1.0 pp

Carpool7.4% ±0.7 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home19.5% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 189,807 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chesterfield County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chesterfield County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 189,807 workers age 16+, including 152,865 workers with reported travel time and 36,942 home workers.

Population estimate377,869± — MOE

Workers age 16+189,807± 1,912 MOE

Workers with travel time152,865± 2,262 MOE

Estimated home workers36,942± 1,745 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 Chesterfield 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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