ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51207522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Culpeper, Virginia

Mean one-way trip31.9 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.7%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 commute35.5 min → 31.9 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 10.3%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 65.2%▼ 14.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.2% ±3.3 pp
Carpool16.9% ±4.3 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.3 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 10,070 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,794± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+10,070± 643 MOE
Workers with travel time9,028± 621 MOE
Estimated home workers1,042± 341 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.