Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 516702024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hopewell city, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.0 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.3%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 Hopewell city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 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 Hopewell city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,951 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hopewell city compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hopewell city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,951 workers age 16+, including 8,798 workers with reported travel time and 1,153 home workers.
Population estimate22,959± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,951± 592 MOE
Workers with travel time8,798± 561 MOE
Estimated home workers1,153± 266 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 Hopewell city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.