ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51096562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bridgewater, Virginia

Mean one-way trip15.3 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.7%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute15.6 min → 15.3 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 10.7%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 63.7%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.7% ±6.0 pp
Carpool10.1% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk13.8% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,970 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,708± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+2,970± 267 MOE
Workers with travel time2,652± 268 MOE
Estimated home workers318± 114 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.