What is the average commute in Braddock CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 29.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.7 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 51090722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Braddock, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Braddock CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 29.3% worked from home, 61.2% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±8.4 min MOE

Worked from home29.3%±6.7 pp MOE

Drove alone61.2%±8.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Braddock CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.7 min → 29.0 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.6% → 29.3%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit5.7% → 4.6%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.5% → 61.2%▼ 9.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Braddock CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.2%; 4.6% used public transit and 29.3% worked from home.

Drive alone61.2% ±8.4 pp

Carpool2.5% ±2.4 pp

Public transit4.6% ±2.7 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home29.3% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 3,326 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Braddock CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% 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.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Braddock CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,326 workers age 16+, including 2,352 workers with reported travel time and 974 home workers.

Population estimate6,536± 848 MOE

Workers age 16+3,326± 508 MOE

Workers with travel time2,352± 456 MOE

Estimated home workers974± 268 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 Braddock 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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