What is the average commute in Prince Edward County, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Prince Edward County, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 511472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prince Edward County, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Prince Edward County, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 9.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home7.3%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone73.3%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.3%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 Prince Edward County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 25.6 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 7.3%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 73.3%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prince Edward County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

Drive alone73.3% ±3.1 pp

Carpool11.0% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp

Walk5.6% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±1.0 pp

Work from home7.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 8,558 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prince Edward County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

49^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

77^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prince Edward County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,558 workers age 16+, including 7,936 workers with reported travel time and 622 home workers.

Population estimate21,996± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,558± 549 MOE

Workers with travel time7,936± 581 MOE

Estimated home workers622± 220 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 Prince Edward County

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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