What is the average commute in Blacksburg town, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Blacksburg town, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 51077842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blacksburg, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Blacksburg town, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.8 min one way; 18.2% worked from home, 51.0% drove alone, and 1.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.8 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home18.2%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone51.0%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.7%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 Blacksburg town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.4 min → 14.8 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.3% → 18.2%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit6.7% → 6.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.4% → 51.0%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blacksburg town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.0%; 6.2% used public transit and 18.2% worked from home.

Drive alone51.0% ±3.3 pp

Carpool7.0% ±1.8 pp

Public transit6.2% ±1.8 pp

Walk11.8% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle3.6% ±1.7 pp

Work from home18.2% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 19,552 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blacksburg town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68^thWork-from-home percentile

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

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blacksburg town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,552 workers age 16+, including 15,994 workers with reported travel time and 3,558 home workers.

Population estimate45,446± 61 MOE

Workers age 16+19,552± 744 MOE

Workers with travel time15,994± 865 MOE

Estimated home workers3,558± 512 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 Blacksburg town

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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