ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51237322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dulles Town Center, Virginia

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home15.8%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.5%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 commute24.0 min → 26.0 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 15.8%▲ 11.1 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 0.0%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 69.0%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.0% ±5.6 pp
Carpool13.9% ±6.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home15.8% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,277 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,464± 765 MOE
Workers age 16+3,277± 458 MOE
Workers with travel time2,759± 470 MOE
Estimated home workers518± 160 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.