ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grant County, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 commute22.2 min → 25.1 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.1%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 80.9%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±5.2 pp
Carpool8.6% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.1% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 4,796 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.

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

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

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,983± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,796± 280 MOE
Workers with travel time4,359± 340 MOE
Estimated home workers437± 186 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.