ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51040882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone49.2%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute29.7 min → 27.5 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 19.1%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit11.8% → 11.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.7% → 49.2%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.2% ±3.9 pp
Carpool11.7% ±3.6 pp
Public transit11.0% ±3.6 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.9 pp
Work from home19.1% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 11,690 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,271± 1,872 MOE
Workers age 16+11,690± 1,056 MOE
Workers with travel time9,453± 975 MOE
Estimated home workers2,237± 344 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.