ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51557582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newington Forest, Virginia

Mean one-way trip33.6 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home24.5%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone64.9%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%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 commute35.5 min → 33.6 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 24.5%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit5.8% → 4.6%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 64.9%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.9% ±5.9 pp
Carpool4.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit4.6% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home24.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 6,429 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% 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.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,316± 923 MOE
Workers age 16+6,429± 631 MOE
Workers with travel time4,855± 583 MOE
Estimated home workers1,574± 300 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.