What is the average commute in Norton city, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Norton city, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · VA · GEOID 517202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norton city, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Norton city, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±8.8 min MOE

Worked from home18.5%±9.3 pp MOE

Drove alone71.9%±12.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%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 Norton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 20.0 min▲ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 18.5%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit7.9% → 4.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 71.9%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Norton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 4.2% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±12.8 pp

Carpool2.3% ±2.5 pp

Public transit4.2% ±5.8 pp

Walk1.4% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp

Work from home18.5% ±9.3 pp

Each share uses 1,321 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Norton city compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Norton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,321 workers age 16+, including 1,077 workers with reported travel time and 244 home workers.

Population estimate3,577± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,321± 250 MOE

Workers with travel time1,077± 254 MOE

Estimated home workers244± 131 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

Comparable Virginia commute records for Norton city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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