Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51272002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Falls Church, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 32.7% worked from home, 49.2% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.7 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home32.7%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone49.2%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Falls Church city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +15.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Falls Church city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 49.2%; 7.4% used public transit and 32.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,914 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Falls Church city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Falls Church city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,914 workers age 16+, including 5,330 workers with reported travel time and 2,584 home workers.
Population estimate14,710± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,914± 275 MOE
Workers with travel time5,330± 362 MOE
Estimated home workers2,584± 339 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
All Virginia reports →Comparable Virginia commute records for Falls Church city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.