What is the average commute in Difficult Run CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 37.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 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 51224722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Difficult Run, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Difficult Run CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 37.2% worked from home, 53.3% drove alone, and 14.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±6.5 min MOE

Worked from home37.2%±6.4 pp MOE

Drove alone53.3%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.2%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 Difficult Run CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 30.1 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home29.8% → 37.2%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit5.1% → 2.8%▼ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.4% → 53.3%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Difficult Run CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.3%; 2.8% used public transit and 37.2% worked from home.

Drive alone53.3% ±5.8 pp

Carpool4.5% ±3.0 pp

Public transit2.8% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home37.2% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 4,815 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Difficult Run CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Difficult Run CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,815 workers age 16+, including 3,022 workers with reported travel time and 1,793 home workers.

Population estimate9,938± 828 MOE

Workers age 16+4,815± 438 MOE

Workers with travel time3,022± 419 MOE

Estimated home workers1,793± 348 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 Difficult Run 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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