What is the average commute in Fort Lee CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 10.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fort Lee CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51291522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Lee, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Fort Lee CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 10.2 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 25.1% drove alone, and 0.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip10.2 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home15.3%±6.5 pp MOE

Drove alone25.1%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.3%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 Lee CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.6 min → 10.2 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 15.3%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 2.5%▲ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 25.1%▼ 55.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Lee CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 25.1%; 2.5% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone25.1% ±3.8 pp

Carpool3.0% ±1.8 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.9 pp

Walk53.7% ±6.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home15.3% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 6,096 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Lee CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 0th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

0^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Lee CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,096 workers age 16+, including 5,166 workers with reported travel time and 930 home workers.

Population estimate8,993± 583 MOE

Workers age 16+6,096± 424 MOE

Workers with travel time5,166± 486 MOE

Estimated home workers930± 401 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 Lee 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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