What is the average commute in Richmond city, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 517602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richmond city, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Richmond city, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 63.0% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±0.9 min MOE

Worked from home19.5%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone63.0%±1.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Richmond city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.7 min → 21.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 19.5%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 2.9%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.8% → 63.0%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richmond city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.0%; 2.9% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.

Drive alone63.0% ±1.2 pp

Carpool7.9% ±0.9 pp

Public transit2.9% ±0.5 pp

Walk4.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.2 pp

Work from home19.5% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 121,803 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richmond city compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

28^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

95^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richmond city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 121,803 workers age 16+, including 98,051 workers with reported travel time and 23,752 home workers.

Population estimate229,359± — MOE

Workers age 16+121,803± 1,542 MOE

Workers with travel time98,051± 1,622 MOE

Estimated home workers23,752± 1,139 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 Richmond 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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