ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VA · GEOID 511972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wythe County, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Wythe County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 24.3 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 7.0%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.9% → 81.0%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wythe County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.

Drive alone81.0% ±3.5 pp
Carpool9.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 12,148 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wythe County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

6thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wythe County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,148 workers age 16+, including 11,298 workers with reported travel time and 850 home workers.

Population estimate28,188± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,148± 505 MOE
Workers with travel time11,298± 508 MOE
Estimated home workers850± 232 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.