ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51366482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Herndon, Virginia

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone55.8%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute27.4 min → 27.5 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 21.2%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit9.1% → 3.6%▼ 5.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.0% → 55.8%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.8% ±4.2 pp
Carpool14.1% ±3.7 pp
Public transit3.6% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home21.2% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 14,167 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.

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,672± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+14,167± 632 MOE
Workers with travel time11,169± 742 MOE
Estimated home workers2,998± 454 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.