ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51291362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Hunt, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 31.2% worked from home, 58.9% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home31.2%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone58.9%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 Fort Hunt CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.4 min → 31.2 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.6% → 31.2%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 2.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.7% → 58.9%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Hunt CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.9%; 2.6% used public transit and 31.2% worked from home.

Drive alone58.9% ±5.3 pp
Carpool5.0% ±1.8 pp
Public transit2.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home31.2% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,895 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Hunt CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% 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.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Hunt CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,895 workers age 16+, including 5,433 workers with reported travel time and 2,462 home workers.

Population estimate16,700± 981 MOE
Workers age 16+7,895± 655 MOE
Workers with travel time5,433± 600 MOE
Estimated home workers2,462± 296 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 Fort Hunt 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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