What is the average commute in Bealeton CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51053362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bealeton, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Bealeton CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.1 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 19.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.1 min±8.9 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±7.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.3%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 Bealeton CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute42.3 min → 37.1 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 10.7%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 79.3%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bealeton CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.3% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±7.5 pp

Carpool9.0% ±4.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±1.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 2,980 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bealeton CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bealeton CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,980 workers age 16+, including 2,662 workers with reported travel time and 318 home workers.

Population estimate5,034± 768 MOE

Workers age 16+2,980± 464 MOE

Workers with travel time2,662± 432 MOE

Estimated home workers318± 113 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 Bealeton 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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