What is the average commute in Nicholas County, West Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Nicholas County, West Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nicholas County, West Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Nicholas County, West Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 17.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±4.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.8%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone79.2%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.2%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 Nicholas County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute32.7 min → 33.1 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 4.8%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 79.2%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nicholas County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 1.0% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±5.0 pp

Carpool13.4% ±4.2 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.8% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 8,752 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nicholas County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nicholas County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,752 workers age 16+, including 8,330 workers with reported travel time and 422 home workers.

Population estimate24,277± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,752± 705 MOE

Workers with travel time8,330± 714 MOE

Estimated home workers422± 155 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

Comparable West Virginia commute records for Nicholas County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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