ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 510532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.1 min → 31.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 11.0%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.2% → 77.7%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.7% ±4.1 pp
Carpool9.9% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home11.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 13,412 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,191± — MOE
Workers age 16+13,412± 491 MOE
Workers with travel time11,937± 641 MOE
Estimated home workers1,475± 412 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.