ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51392592024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hutchison, Virginia

Mean one-way trip26.1 min±9.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone55.3%±13.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 commute26.1 min → 26.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 10.4%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit7.7% → 4.0%▼ 3.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.7% → 55.3%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.3% ±13.4 pp
Carpool22.8% ±10.5 pp
Public transit4.0% ±4.5 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.6 pp
Work from home10.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,034 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.

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,284± 1,197 MOE
Workers age 16+4,034± 907 MOE
Workers with travel time3,616± 920 MOE
Estimated home workers418± 154 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.