Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 540852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ritchie County, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.0 min one way; 9.8% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.0 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.7%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 Ritchie County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 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 Ritchie County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,135 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ritchie County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 90th 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 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ritchie County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,135 workers age 16+, including 2,829 workers with reported travel time and 306 home workers.
Population estimate8,286± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,135± 238 MOE
Workers with travel time2,829± 231 MOE
Estimated home workers306± 109 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 Ritchie County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.