What is the average commute in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County, West Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 541092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wyoming County, West Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Wyoming County, West Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 89.0% drove alone, and 15.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±7.5 min MOE

Worked from home2.4%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone89.0%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.6%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 Wyoming County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.7 min → 33.1 min▲ 5.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 2.4%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.0%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.4% → 89.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wyoming County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 89.0%; 1.0% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.

Drive alone89.0% ±4.7 pp

Carpool4.2% ±2.3 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.3 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home2.4% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 6,409 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wyoming 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.

4^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wyoming County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,409 workers age 16+, including 6,257 workers with reported travel time and 152 home workers.

Population estimate20,629± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,409± 588 MOE

Workers with travel time6,257± 588 MOE

Estimated home workers152± 90 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 Wyoming 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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