ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51530302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Moorefield, Virginia

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±12.9 min MOE
Worked from home39.5%±11.3 pp MOE
Drove alone44.9%±12.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute33.4 min → 32.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home36.1% → 39.5%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.9%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.0% → 44.9%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone44.9% ±12.5 pp
Carpool7.2% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home39.5% ±11.3 pp

Each share uses 3,660 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,123± 1,337 MOE
Workers age 16+3,660± 824 MOE
Workers with travel time2,213± 642 MOE
Estimated home workers1,447± 527 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.