Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 511192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Middlesex County, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.0 min one way; 22.7% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 18.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.0 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.5%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 Middlesex County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 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 Middlesex County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 22.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,422 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Middlesex County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 93th 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 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Middlesex County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,422 workers age 16+, including 3,419 workers with reported travel time and 1,003 home workers.
Population estimate10,847± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,422± 325 MOE
Workers with travel time3,419± 290 MOE
Estimated home workers1,003± 254 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 Middlesex County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.