ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 517202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norton city, Virginia

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

26thMean commute percentile

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

98thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

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

57th60+ 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 the shares

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.