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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.