Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 511332024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Northumberland County, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 68.6% drove alone, and 15.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip32.8 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.1%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 Northumberland County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 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 Northumberland County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,383 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Northumberland County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 90th 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 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Northumberland County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,383 workers age 16+, including 3,716 workers with reported travel time and 667 home workers.
Population estimate12,188± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,383± 399 MOE
Workers with travel time3,716± 420 MOE
Estimated home workers667± 238 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 Northumberland County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.