What is the average commute in Purcellville town, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Purcellville town, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 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 51650082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Purcellville, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Purcellville town, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 27.8% worked from home, 59.9% drove alone, and 15.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home27.8%±6.4 pp MOE

Drove alone59.9%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.4%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 Purcellville town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.9 min → 32.8 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.0% → 27.8%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 0.9%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.0% → 59.9%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Purcellville town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.9%; 0.9% used public transit and 27.8% worked from home.

Drive alone59.9% ±5.4 pp

Carpool5.5% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.7 pp

Walk3.3% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle1.8% ±2.5 pp

Work from home27.8% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 4,898 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Purcellville town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Purcellville town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,898 workers age 16+, including 3,536 workers with reported travel time and 1,362 home workers.

Population estimate8,973± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+4,898± 418 MOE

Workers with travel time3,536± 375 MOE

Estimated home workers1,362± 336 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 Purcellville town

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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