ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 516102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Falls Church city, Virginia

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home32.7%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone49.2%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 28.7 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.6% → 32.7%▲ 15.1 pp

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

Public transit13.1% → 7.4%▼ 5.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.9% → 49.2%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.2% ±3.7 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.4 pp
Public transit7.4% ±2.1 pp
Walk3.5% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.7 pp
Work from home32.7% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 7,914 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

100thWork-from-home percentile

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

100thTransit percentile

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

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,710± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,914± 275 MOE
Workers with travel time5,330± 362 MOE
Estimated home workers2,584± 339 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.