ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51722722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Short Pump, Virginia

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home28.8%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone63.5%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute21.6 min → 21.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.2% → 28.8%▲ 8.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 63.5%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.5% ±2.9 pp
Carpool4.7% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home28.8% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 15,708 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate29,026± 1,236 MOE
Workers age 16+15,708± 894 MOE
Workers with travel time11,177± 751 MOE
Estimated home workers4,531± 599 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.