What is the average commute in Christiansburg town, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 51166082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Christiansburg, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Christiansburg town, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.2%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 Christiansburg town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.9 min → 18.1 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 11.7%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 80.1%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Christiansburg town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±3.8 pp

Carpool6.9% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 12,061 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Christiansburg town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Christiansburg town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,061 workers age 16+, including 10,655 workers with reported travel time and 1,406 home workers.

Population estimate22,720± 48 MOE

Workers age 16+12,061± 472 MOE

Workers with travel time10,655± 520 MOE

Estimated home workers1,406± 336 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 Christiansburg 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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