What is the average commute in Fredericksburg city, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fredericksburg city, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 51297442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Fredericksburg city, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.9 min one way; 16.9% worked from home, 65.2% drove alone, and 18.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.9 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home16.9%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone65.2%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip18.5%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 Fredericksburg city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.5 min → 31.9 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 16.9%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 1.6%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.7% → 65.2%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fredericksburg city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.2%; 1.6% used public transit and 16.9% worked from home.

Drive alone65.2% ±3.2 pp

Carpool10.3% ±3.1 pp

Public transit1.6% ±0.8 pp

Walk4.5% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home16.9% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 14,806 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fredericksburg city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fredericksburg city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,806 workers age 16+, including 12,301 workers with reported travel time and 2,505 home workers.

Population estimate28,873± — MOE

Workers age 16+14,806± 645 MOE

Workers with travel time12,301± 649 MOE

Estimated home workers2,505± 405 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 Fredericksburg city

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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