ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51457842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lincolnia, Virginia

Mean one-way trip27.6 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home23.9%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone56.3%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 commute30.3 min → 27.6 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.0% → 23.9%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit8.1% → 7.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.5% → 56.3%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.3% ±3.8 pp
Carpool9.5% ±2.4 pp
Public transit7.4% ±2.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home23.9% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 11,603 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

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

94thTransit percentile

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

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,320± 1,405 MOE
Workers age 16+11,603± 969 MOE
Workers with travel time8,827± 848 MOE
Estimated home workers2,776± 552 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.