Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540272024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hampshire County, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.5 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 80.9% drove alone, and 23.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip41.5 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.5%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 Hampshire County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 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 Hampshire County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,157 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hampshire County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k 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 under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hampshire County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,157 workers age 16+, including 8,298 workers with reported travel time and 859 home workers.
Population estimate23,465± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,157± 512 MOE
Workers with travel time8,298± 534 MOE
Estimated home workers859± 352 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 West Virginia reports →Comparable West Virginia commute records for Hampshire County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.