What is the average commute in Lake Barcroft CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lake Barcroft CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 29.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51433522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Barcroft, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Lake Barcroft CDP, Virginia
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 29.8% worked from home, 54.5% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±6.1 min MOE

Worked from home29.8%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone54.5%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Lake Barcroft CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.9 min → 29.9 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.9% → 29.8%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 4.3%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.8% → 54.5%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lake Barcroft CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.5%; 4.3% used public transit and 29.8% worked from home.

Drive alone54.5% ±5.3 pp

Carpool6.8% ±2.4 pp

Public transit4.3% ±1.6 pp

Walk3.0% ±2.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home29.8% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 5,766 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lake Barcroft CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lake Barcroft CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,766 workers age 16+, including 4,047 workers with reported travel time and 1,719 home workers.

Population estimate10,973± 764 MOE

Workers age 16+5,766± 539 MOE

Workers with travel time4,047± 520 MOE

Estimated home workers1,719± 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for Lake Barcroft 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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