ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51712162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Seven Corners, Virginia

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±8.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.0%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone51.9%±9.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute29.0 min → 34.1 min▲ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.4% → 23.0%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit18.1% → 13.6%▼ 4.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone50.0% → 51.9%▲ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone51.9% ±9.9 pp
Carpool10.8% ±4.5 pp
Public transit13.6% ±7.4 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.0% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 4,434 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.

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,371± 1,052 MOE
Workers age 16+4,434± 623 MOE
Workers with travel time3,412± 623 MOE
Estimated home workers1,022± 294 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.