ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WV · GEOID 541072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wood County, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 commute19.7 min → 20.8 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 9.9%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 78.0%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±1.4 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.9% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 35,941 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate83,407± — MOE
Workers age 16+35,941± 827 MOE
Workers with travel time32,369± 785 MOE
Estimated home workers3,572± 452 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.