What is the average commute in Countryside CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 51195602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Countryside, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Countryside CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 28.2% worked from home, 64.8% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Countryside CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.9 percentage points.

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 Countryside CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.8%; 1.1% used public transit and 28.2% worked from home.

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

How Countryside CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60^thMean commute percentile

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

93^thWork-from-home percentile

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

69^thTransit percentile

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

77^th60+ 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 Countryside CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,121 workers age 16+, including 3,675 workers with reported travel time and 1,446 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for Countryside 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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