Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540472024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
McDowell County, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 83.2% drove alone, and 22.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip36.0 min±8.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.3%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 McDowell County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.3 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 McDowell County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,697 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How McDowell County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 96th 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 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind McDowell County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,697 workers age 16+, including 3,532 workers with reported travel time and 165 home workers.
Population estimate17,943± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,697± 440 MOE
Workers with travel time3,532± 434 MOE
Estimated home workers165± 83 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 McDowell County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.