ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51195602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Countryside, Virginia

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home28.2%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 26.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.3% → 28.2%▲ 12.9 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 64.8%▼ 13.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool3.7% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home28.2% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 5,121 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,661± 838 MOE
Workers age 16+5,121± 625 MOE
Workers with travel time3,675± 469 MOE
Estimated home workers1,446± 327 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.