ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51370322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland Springs, Virginia

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute23.8 min → 23.3 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 16.3%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 0.7%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 70.6%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±5.2 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.3% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 6,701 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,296± 1,050 MOE
Workers age 16+6,701± 625 MOE
Workers with travel time5,610± 655 MOE
Estimated home workers1,091± 318 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.