What is the average commute in Lakeside CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 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 51434642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lakeside, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Lakeside CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 23.8% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home23.8%±5.6 pp MOE

Drove alone70.8%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Lakeside CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 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 commute22.1 min → 20.0 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 23.8%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 70.8%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lakeside CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.8% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±5.0 pp

Carpool3.2% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home23.8% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 6,986 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lakeside CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lakeside CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,986 workers age 16+, including 5,323 workers with reported travel time and 1,663 home workers.

Population estimate12,654± 1,012 MOE

Workers age 16+6,986± 593 MOE

Workers with travel time5,323± 555 MOE

Estimated home workers1,663± 417 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 Lakeside 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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