Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 516602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Harrisonburg city, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.1 min one way; 9.1% worked from home, 67.9% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.1 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Harrisonburg city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 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 Harrisonburg city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.9%; 1.8% used public transit and 9.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 23,876 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Harrisonburg city compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Harrisonburg city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 23,876 workers age 16+, including 21,696 workers with reported travel time and 2,180 home workers.
Population estimate51,392± — MOE
Workers age 16+23,876± 794 MOE
Workers with travel time21,696± 828 MOE
Estimated home workers2,180± 336 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 Harrisonburg city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.