ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51296282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin Farm, Virginia

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

63thMean commute percentile

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

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% 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.

60th60+ 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 the shares

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.