ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540632024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe County, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip37.4 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.1%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 commute34.9 min → 37.4 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 5.4%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.8%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 82.0%▲ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.0% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.9% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.3 pp
Work from home5.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,356 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,386± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,356± 478 MOE
Workers with travel time4,119± 483 MOE
Estimated home workers237± 107 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.