What is the average commute in Belle Haven CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 51059282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Belle Haven, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Belle Haven CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.7 min one way; 26.2% worked from home, 56.1% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.7 min±7.9 min MOE

Worked from home26.2%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone56.1%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.6%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 Belle Haven CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.8 min → 33.7 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.9% → 26.2%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit7.2% → 4.6%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.9% → 56.1%▼ 11.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Belle Haven CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.1%; 4.6% used public transit and 26.2% worked from home.

Drive alone56.1% ±5.2 pp

Carpool10.3% ±6.8 pp

Public transit4.6% ±2.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home26.2% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,603 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Belle Haven CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

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

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Belle Haven CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,603 workers age 16+, including 2,659 workers with reported travel time and 944 home workers.

Population estimate6,570± 794 MOE

Workers age 16+3,603± 322 MOE

Workers with travel time2,659± 332 MOE

Estimated home workers944± 201 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 Belle Haven 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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