ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51651282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Quantico Base, Virginia

Mean one-way trip11.5 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone54.6%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 commute14.8 min → 11.5 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.1% → 12.5%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.7% → 54.6%▲ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone54.6% ±5.2 pp
Carpool10.2% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk19.5% ±6.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.5% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,568 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,840± 478 MOE
Workers age 16+3,568± 336 MOE
Workers with travel time3,122± 281 MOE
Estimated home workers446± 176 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.