What is the average commute in Potomac Mills CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Potomac Mills CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51641522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Potomac Mills, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Potomac Mills CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 22.4% worked from home, 64.1% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±9.3 min MOE

Worked from home22.4%±9.2 pp MOE

Drove alone64.1%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.7%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 Potomac Mills CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute32.0 min → 29.8 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 22.4%▲ 12.1 pp

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

Public transit4.7% → 3.7%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 64.1%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Potomac Mills CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.1%; 3.7% used public transit and 22.4% worked from home.

Drive alone64.1% ±5.0 pp

Carpool8.3% ±3.4 pp

Public transit3.7% ±4.2 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home22.4% ±9.2 pp

Each share uses 2,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Potomac Mills CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Potomac Mills CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,421 workers age 16+, including 1,879 workers with reported travel time and 542 home workers.

Population estimate5,741± 1,279 MOE

Workers age 16+2,421± 599 MOE

Workers with travel time1,879± 426 MOE

Estimated home workers542± 261 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 Potomac Mills 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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