ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51394482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Idylwood, Virginia

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home27.0%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone55.9%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 → 24.9 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 27.0%▲ 13.0 pp

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

Public transit12.8% → 5.6%▼ 7.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.3% → 55.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.9% ±4.9 pp
Carpool7.6% ±2.3 pp
Public transit5.6% ±1.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home27.0% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 9,940 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,559± 1,051 MOE
Workers age 16+9,940± 719 MOE
Workers with travel time7,258± 750 MOE
Estimated home workers2,682± 328 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.