ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51526582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montclair, Virginia

Mean one-way trip38.2 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home25.4%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone60.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.6%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 commute43.1 min → 38.2 min▼ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 25.4%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit5.8% → 4.7%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.2% → 60.1%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool7.0% ±2.6 pp
Public transit4.7% ±1.9 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home25.4% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 10,571 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,387± 1,378 MOE
Workers age 16+10,571± 814 MOE
Workers with travel time7,890± 745 MOE
Estimated home workers2,681± 500 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.