What is the average commute in Laurel Hill CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 36.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 51444302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laurel Hill, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Laurel Hill CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.0 min one way; 36.9% worked from home, 51.6% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±8.6 min MOE

Worked from home36.9%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone51.6%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.5%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 Laurel Hill CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +22.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.3 min → 31.0 min▼ 4.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 36.9%▲ 22.2 pp

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

Public transit13.1% → 3.6%▼ 9.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.2% → 51.6%▼ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laurel Hill CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.6%; 3.6% used public transit and 36.9% worked from home.

Drive alone51.6% ±7.1 pp

Carpool4.1% ±2.5 pp

Public transit3.6% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home36.9% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 4,367 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laurel Hill CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

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

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laurel Hill CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,367 workers age 16+, including 2,757 workers with reported travel time and 1,610 home workers.

Population estimate7,450± 1,018 MOE

Workers age 16+4,367± 586 MOE

Workers with travel time2,757± 519 MOE

Estimated home workers1,610± 294 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 Laurel Hill 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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