Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 511772024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.7 min one way; 16.3% worked from home, 69.3% drove alone, and 24.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip37.7 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.3%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.0%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 Spotsylvania County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 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 Spotsylvania County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.3%; 1.7% used public transit and 16.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 72,773 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Spotsylvania County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Spotsylvania County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 72,773 workers age 16+, including 60,875 workers with reported travel time and 11,898 home workers.
Population estimate146,603± — MOE
Workers age 16+72,773± 1,153 MOE
Workers with travel time60,875± 1,421 MOE
Estimated home workers11,898± 979 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 Spotsylvania County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.