ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 510992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

King George County, Virginia

Mean one-way trip37.2 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.1%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.6%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute35.1 min → 37.2 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 15.1%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 73.6%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.6% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.7% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home15.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 13,924 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,896± — MOE
Workers age 16+13,924± 437 MOE
Workers with travel time11,819± 491 MOE
Estimated home workers2,105± 281 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.