What is the average commute in Dumbarton CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 51237442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dumbarton, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Dumbarton CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 65.6% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±6.4 min MOE

Worked from home17.9%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone65.6%±8.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.1%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 Dumbarton CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.6 min → 22.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 17.9%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 3.1%▲ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.6% → 65.6%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dumbarton CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.6%; 3.1% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone65.6% ±8.9 pp

Carpool10.6% ±5.9 pp

Public transit3.1% ±3.4 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.8 pp

Work from home17.9% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 5,388 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dumbarton CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dumbarton CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,388 workers age 16+, including 4,423 workers with reported travel time and 965 home workers.

Population estimate7,997± 939 MOE

Workers age 16+5,388± 853 MOE

Workers with travel time4,423± 865 MOE

Estimated home workers965± 293 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 Dumbarton 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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