ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51265922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairfax Station, Virginia

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home32.4%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone56.1%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 commute34.7 min → 30.2 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.5% → 32.4%▲ 15.0 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 1.7%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.8% → 56.1%▼ 13.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.1% ±4.3 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.7% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home32.4% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 6,299 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,566± 1,192 MOE
Workers age 16+6,299± 629 MOE
Workers with travel time4,257± 504 MOE
Estimated home workers2,042± 386 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.