ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51622642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pimmit Hills, Virginia

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home40.7%±9.4 pp MOE
Drove alone46.3%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.8%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 commute26.8 min → 24.1 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.6% → 40.7%▲ 18.1 pp

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

Public transit6.7% → 5.1%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.4% → 46.3%▼ 15.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone46.3% ±4.4 pp
Carpool6.1% ±5.1 pp
Public transit5.1% ±3.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home40.7% ±9.4 pp

Each share uses 3,530 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% 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.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,589± 803 MOE
Workers age 16+3,530± 601 MOE
Workers with travel time2,095± 375 MOE
Estimated home workers1,435± 411 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.