ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 517002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newport News city, Virginia

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 commute23.5 min → 23.1 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 10.2%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 1.6%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 74.0%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.0% ±1.8 pp
Carpool8.7% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.2% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 90,827 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate184,216± — MOE
Workers age 16+90,827± 1,449 MOE
Workers with travel time81,569± 1,830 MOE
Estimated home workers9,258± 988 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.