Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 517352024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Poquoson city, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.2 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 Poquoson city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Poquoson city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,403 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Poquoson city compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 68th 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 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% 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 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Poquoson city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,403 workers age 16+, including 5,652 workers with reported travel time and 751 home workers.
Population estimate12,639± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,403± 288 MOE
Workers with travel time5,652± 268 MOE
Estimated home workers751± 204 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 Poquoson city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.