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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.5 min one way; 24.0% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 24.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 New Baltimore CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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 New Baltimore CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 1.2% used public transit and 24.0% worked from home.

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

How New Baltimore CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 New Baltimore CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,892 workers age 16+, including 4,476 workers with reported travel time and 1,416 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for New Baltimore 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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