What is the average commute in Franklin Farm CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Franklin Farm CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 39.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 51296282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin Farm, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin Farm CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 39.0% worked from home, 53.5% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home39.0%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone53.5%±3.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.2%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 Franklin Farm CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.0 min → 27.0 min▼ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.6% → 39.0%▲ 13.4 pp

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

Public transit4.7% → 2.6%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.6% → 53.5%▼ 10.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin Farm CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.5%; 2.6% used public transit and 39.0% worked from home.

Drive alone53.5% ±3.4 pp

Carpool3.1% ±1.0 pp

Public transit2.6% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home39.0% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 10,374 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin Farm CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

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

60^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin Farm CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,374 workers age 16+, including 6,332 workers with reported travel time and 4,042 home workers.

Population estimate18,736± 1,164 MOE

Workers age 16+10,374± 776 MOE

Workers with travel time6,332± 582 MOE

Estimated home workers4,042± 503 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 Franklin Farm 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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