ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51092482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brandermill, Virginia

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home20.5%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.1 min → 25.5 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.8% → 20.5%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 71.4%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.4% ±4.1 pp
Carpool6.4% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home20.5% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 7,001 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,730± 1,296 MOE
Workers age 16+7,001± 763 MOE
Workers with travel time5,569± 725 MOE
Estimated home workers1,432± 330 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.