ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51244962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Highland Park, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 14.2% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 East Highland Park CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 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 → 23.6 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 14.2%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.4%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 72.9%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How East Highland Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 1.4% used public transit and 14.2% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±1.5 pp
Carpool10.8% ±4.8 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.2% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 8,104 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How East Highland Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

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

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind East Highland Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,104 workers age 16+, including 6,952 workers with reported travel time and 1,152 home workers.

Population estimate15,265± 1,428 MOE
Workers age 16+8,104± 923 MOE
Workers with travel time6,952± 812 MOE
Estimated home workers1,152± 453 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 East Highland Park 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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