What is the average commute in Barbour County, West Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Barbour County, West Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.6%, 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 · WV · GEOID 540012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Barbour County, West Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Barbour County, West Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home6.6%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.6%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 Barbour County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 30.1 min▲ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 6.6%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 80.1%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Barbour County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±3.9 pp

Carpool6.6% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.4% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,486 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Barbour County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Barbour County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,486 workers age 16+, including 5,122 workers with reported travel time and 364 home workers.

Population estimate15,424± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,486± 355 MOE

Workers with travel time5,122± 333 MOE

Estimated home workers364± 141 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 West Virginia commute records for Barbour 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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