ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51684702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rockwood, Virginia

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home20.5%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute25.8 min → 23.8 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.7% → 20.5%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 72.9%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.9% ±8.2 pp
Carpool4.4% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home20.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 4,640 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.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,010± 1,088 MOE
Workers age 16+4,640± 570 MOE
Workers with travel time3,688± 616 MOE
Estimated home workers952± 219 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.