ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51114702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burke Centre, Virginia

Mean one-way trip31.6 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home27.3%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone61.9%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 commute33.9 min → 31.6 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.4% → 27.3%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 3.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.0% → 61.9%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.9% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.4% ±1.6 pp
Public transit3.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home27.3% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 8,384 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,037± 920 MOE
Workers age 16+8,384± 474 MOE
Workers with travel time6,096± 395 MOE
Estimated home workers2,288± 324 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.