ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51390642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington, Virginia

Mean one-way trip32.2 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home25.6%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone49.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 commute34.5 min → 32.2 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.3% → 25.6%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit22.8% → 15.0%▼ 7.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone50.7% → 49.2%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.2% ±4.0 pp
Carpool6.1% ±3.6 pp
Public transit15.0% ±3.7 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home25.6% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 9,187 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,502± 1,155 MOE
Workers age 16+9,187± 720 MOE
Workers with travel time6,834± 739 MOE
Estimated home workers2,353± 354 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.