ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51433522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Barcroft, Virginia

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

77thMean commute percentile

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

94thWork-from-home percentile

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

89thTransit percentile

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

67th60+ 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 the shares

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.