ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51399202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Innsbrook, Virginia

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home34.3%±9.6 pp MOE
Drove alone48.5%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute16.1 min → 18.4 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.3% → 34.3%▲ 13.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 48.5%▼ 24.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.5% ±4.0 pp
Carpool13.5% ±6.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home34.3% ±9.6 pp

Each share uses 4,861 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,578± 1,108 MOE
Workers age 16+4,861± 656 MOE
Workers with travel time3,193± 481 MOE
Estimated home workers1,668± 520 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.