ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 517302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Petersburg city, Virginia

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute24.3 min → 25.7 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 10.0%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 3.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 73.4%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±4.9 pp
Carpool8.8% ±2.6 pp
Public transit3.7% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 14,525 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate33,537± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,525± 563 MOE
Workers with travel time13,070± 739 MOE
Estimated home workers1,455± 434 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.