What is the average commute in Chantilly CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 51147442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chantilly, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Chantilly CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 24.2% worked from home, 59.3% drove alone, and 11.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home24.2%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone59.3%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.1%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 Chantilly CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.0 min → 27.8 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.8% → 24.2%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 1.6%▼ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.9% → 59.3%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chantilly CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.3%; 1.6% used public transit and 24.2% worked from home.

Drive alone59.3% ±3.0 pp

Carpool11.3% ±2.8 pp

Public transit1.6% ±1.4 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.9 pp

Work from home24.2% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 12,888 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chantilly CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chantilly CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,888 workers age 16+, including 9,773 workers with reported travel time and 3,115 home workers.

Population estimate24,036± 1,426 MOE

Workers age 16+12,888± 966 MOE

Workers with travel time9,773± 903 MOE

Estimated home workers3,115± 431 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 Chantilly 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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