Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51618322024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Petersburg, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 Petersburg city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Petersburg city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 3.7% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,525 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Petersburg city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Petersburg city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,525 workers age 16+, including 13,070 workers with reported travel time and 1,455 home workers.
Population estimate33,537± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,525± 563 MOE
Workers with travel time13,070± 739 MOE
Estimated home workers1,455± 434 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
All Virginia reports →Comparable Virginia commute records for Petersburg city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.