What is the average commute in Ashburn CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ashburn CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 30.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51033202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashburn, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Ashburn CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 30.0% worked from home, 60.3% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home30.0%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone60.3%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.2%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 Ashburn CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 27.4 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 30.0%▲ 11.1 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 1.8%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.5% → 60.3%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ashburn CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.3%; 1.8% used public transit and 30.0% worked from home.

Drive alone60.3% ±2.4 pp

Carpool5.4% ±1.4 pp

Public transit1.8% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home30.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 23,842 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ashburn CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ashburn CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 23,842 workers age 16+, including 16,701 workers with reported travel time and 7,141 home workers.

Population estimate46,026± 2,203 MOE

Workers age 16+23,842± 1,308 MOE

Workers with travel time16,701± 1,120 MOE

Estimated home workers7,141± 764 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 Virginia commute records for Ashburn CDP

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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