Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kanawha County, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 77.3% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.8 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Kanawha County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Kanawha County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.3%; 1.2% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 75,528 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kanawha County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kanawha County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 75,528 workers age 16+, including 68,248 workers with reported travel time and 7,280 home workers.
Population estimate176,537± — MOE
Workers age 16+75,528± 1,645 MOE
Workers with travel time68,248± 1,538 MOE
Estimated home workers7,280± 807 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 Kanawha County
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.