ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51555282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Baltimore, Virginia

Mean one-way trip36.5 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home24.0%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.5%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 commute39.8 min → 36.5 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.8% → 24.0%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.2%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 69.4%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±6.5 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home24.0% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,892 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% 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.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,919± 1,195 MOE
Workers age 16+5,892± 589 MOE
Workers with travel time4,476± 542 MOE
Estimated home workers1,416± 323 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.