Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540552024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mercer County, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 81.9% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.9%±2.5 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 Mercer County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 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 Mercer County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 23,191 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mercer County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mercer County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 23,191 workers age 16+, including 21,661 workers with reported travel time and 1,530 home workers.
Population estimate58,563± — MOE
Workers age 16+23,191± 814 MOE
Workers with travel time21,661± 877 MOE
Estimated home workers1,530± 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 Mercer County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.