What is the average commute in Great Falls CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 44.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 51324962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Great Falls, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Great Falls CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.5 min one way; 44.2% worked from home, 47.8% drove alone, and 13.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.5 min±5.1 min MOE

Worked from home44.2%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone47.8%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.2%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 Great Falls CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.0 min → 33.5 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home29.4% → 44.2%▲ 14.8 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 2.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.8% → 47.8%▼ 13.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Great Falls CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 47.8%; 2.1% used public transit and 44.2% worked from home.

Drive alone47.8% ±3.2 pp

Carpool3.2% ±1.3 pp

Public transit2.1% ±1.1 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home44.2% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 7,070 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Great Falls CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

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

80^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Great Falls CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,070 workers age 16+, including 3,945 workers with reported travel time and 3,125 home workers.

Population estimate15,228± 901 MOE

Workers age 16+7,070± 527 MOE

Workers with travel time3,945± 359 MOE

Estimated home workers3,125± 411 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 Great Falls 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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