What is the average commute in Chester 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 Chester CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 51160962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chester, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Chester CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home17.4%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.6%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 Chester CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.6 min → 27.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 17.4%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 72.6%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chester CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.8% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±4.3 pp

Carpool7.7% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home17.4% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 12,145 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chester 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.

72^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chester CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,145 workers age 16+, including 10,037 workers with reported travel time and 2,108 home workers.

Population estimate24,474± 1,608 MOE

Workers age 16+12,145± 906 MOE

Workers with travel time10,037± 790 MOE

Estimated home workers2,108± 465 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 Chester 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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