What is the average commute in Bon Air CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.7%, 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 51084722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bon Air, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Bon Air CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 66.0% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±6.8 min MOE

Worked from home19.7%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone66.0%±9.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Bon Air 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 +9.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 24.9 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 19.7%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 66.0%▼ 14.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bon Air CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone66.0% ±9.1 pp

Carpool13.0% ±6.0 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home19.7% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 8,886 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bon Air CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bon Air CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,886 workers age 16+, including 7,137 workers with reported travel time and 1,749 home workers.

Population estimate16,904± 1,141 MOE

Workers age 16+8,886± 872 MOE

Workers with travel time7,137± 760 MOE

Estimated home workers1,749± 487 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 Bon Air 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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