ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51434302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake of the Woods, Virginia

Mean one-way trip44.5 min±13.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.4%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 commute35.1 min → 44.5 min▲ 9.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 18.7%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.1%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 75.1%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±5.0 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.8 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home18.7% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 3,011 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,984± 880 MOE
Workers age 16+3,011± 548 MOE
Workers with travel time2,449± 467 MOE
Estimated home workers562± 205 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.