ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51491442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mantua, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 27.5% worked from home, 54.6% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home27.5%±7.0 pp MOE
Drove alone54.6%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Mantua CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.1 min → 27.9 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.1% → 27.5%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit5.7% → 2.3%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.7% → 54.6%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mantua CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.6%; 2.3% used public transit and 27.5% worked from home.

Drive alone54.6% ±5.1 pp
Carpool11.5% ±6.0 pp
Public transit2.3% ±1.7 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±1.0 pp
Work from home27.5% ±7.0 pp

Each share uses 4,275 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mantua CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mantua CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,275 workers age 16+, including 3,101 workers with reported travel time and 1,174 home workers.

Population estimate8,298± 1,083 MOE
Workers age 16+4,275± 628 MOE
Workers with travel time3,101± 553 MOE
Estimated home workers1,174± 347 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 Mantua 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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