ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brooke County, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 24.8 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 7.3%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 81.0%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.0% ±3.0 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.3% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 9,281 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

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

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,805± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,281± 335 MOE
Workers with travel time8,603± 333 MOE
Estimated home workers678± 174 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.