ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51648802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pulaski, Virginia

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.3%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone80.4%±5.3 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.0 min → 22.7 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 11.3%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.2%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 80.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.4% ±5.3 pp
Carpool6.6% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.3% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,713 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,893± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+3,713± 350 MOE
Workers with travel time3,293± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers420± 135 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.