Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540772024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Preston County, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.1 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 76.1% drove alone, and 14.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.1 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 Preston 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 +2.1 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 Preston County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,433 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Preston County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 89th 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 higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Preston County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,433 workers age 16+, including 12,272 workers with reported travel time and 1,161 home workers.
Population estimate34,160± — MOE
Workers age 16+13,433± 518 MOE
Workers with travel time12,272± 534 MOE
Estimated home workers1,161± 228 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 Preston County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.