What is the average commute in Bridgewater town, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 51096562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bridgewater, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Bridgewater town, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.3 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 63.7% drove alone, and 1.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Bridgewater town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.

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 Bridgewater town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

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

How Bridgewater town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

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

45^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

3^th60+ 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 Bridgewater town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,970 workers age 16+, including 2,652 workers with reported travel time and 318 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for Bridgewater 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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