What is the average commute in Bellwood CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 51062162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellwood, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Bellwood CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±6.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone72.0%±8.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Bellwood CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 23.6 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 6.5%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.6%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 72.0%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bellwood CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.0% ±8.6 pp

Carpool19.9% ±8.8 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±1.6 pp

Work from home6.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,255 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bellwood CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bellwood CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,255 workers age 16+, including 3,045 workers with reported travel time and 210 home workers.

Population estimate7,907± 1,057 MOE

Workers age 16+3,255± 517 MOE

Workers with travel time3,045± 530 MOE

Estimated home workers210± 104 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 Bellwood 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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