ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51426802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kings Park West, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.4 min one way; 27.6% worked from home, 58.5% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home27.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone58.5%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 Kings Park West CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.8 min → 32.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 27.6%▲ 12.5 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 3.8%▼ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.0% → 58.5%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kings Park West CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.5%; 3.8% used public transit and 27.6% worked from home.

Drive alone58.5% ±5.1 pp
Carpool6.3% ±1.9 pp
Public transit3.8% ±1.4 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home27.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 7,507 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kings Park West CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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.

92thWork-from-home percentile

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

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kings Park West CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,507 workers age 16+, including 5,434 workers with reported travel time and 2,073 home workers.

Population estimate13,442± 1,031 MOE
Workers age 16+7,507± 848 MOE
Workers with travel time5,434± 691 MOE
Estimated home workers2,073± 322 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 Kings Park West 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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