What is the average commute in Long Branch CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 31.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 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 51467602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Long Branch, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Long Branch CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 31.0% worked from home, 58.8% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±6.5 min MOE

Worked from home31.0%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone58.8%±6.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.9%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 Long Branch CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +16.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 26.6 min▼ 4.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.4% → 31.0%▲ 16.6 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 0.9%▼ 2.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.9% → 58.8%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Long Branch CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 31.0% worked from home.

Drive alone58.8% ±6.4 pp

Carpool7.7% ±4.8 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home31.0% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 3,472 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Long Branch CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Long Branch CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,472 workers age 16+, including 2,395 workers with reported travel time and 1,077 home workers.

Population estimate7,034± 964 MOE

Workers age 16+3,472± 533 MOE

Workers with travel time2,395± 407 MOE

Estimated home workers1,077± 252 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 Long Branch 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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