ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51378802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hollins, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Hollins CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 20.6 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 19.1%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 73.3%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hollins CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.

Drive alone73.3% ±3.9 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home19.1% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 7,669 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hollins CDP compares with similar-size places

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

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

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hollins CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,669 workers age 16+, including 6,205 workers with reported travel time and 1,464 home workers.

Population estimate17,097± 1,224 MOE
Workers age 16+7,669± 703 MOE
Workers with travel time6,205± 603 MOE
Estimated home workers1,464± 355 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 Hollins 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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