ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51299682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Front Royal, Virginia

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.7%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 commute34.6 min → 32.7 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 8.9%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.1% → 76.2%▲ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.2% ±4.1 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.9% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 7,258 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

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

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,296± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+7,258± 421 MOE
Workers with travel time6,615± 401 MOE
Estimated home workers643± 179 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.