ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lewis County, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 commute27.3 min → 28.5 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 5.5%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 80.2%▲ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.2% ±3.0 pp
Carpool6.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.5% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 6,473 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

63th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,740± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,473± 322 MOE
Workers with travel time6,115± 364 MOE
Estimated home workers358± 127 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.