What is the average commute in Gainesville CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 51301762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gainesville, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Gainesville CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.5 min one way; 25.4% worked from home, 64.3% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.5 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home25.4%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone64.3%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.9%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 Gainesville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.8 min → 34.5 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 25.4%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 1.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 64.3%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gainesville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.3%; 1.3% used public transit and 25.4% worked from home.

Drive alone64.3% ±4.3 pp

Carpool7.6% ±2.0 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home25.4% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 9,580 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gainesville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gainesville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,580 workers age 16+, including 7,147 workers with reported travel time and 2,433 home workers.

Population estimate18,196± 1,114 MOE

Workers age 16+9,580± 648 MOE

Workers with travel time7,147± 620 MOE

Estimated home workers2,433± 457 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 Gainesville 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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