ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51744702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 42.9 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 67.6% drove alone, and 31.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip42.9 min±12.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip31.2%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 Spotsylvania Courthouse CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +10.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.7 min → 42.9 min▲ 10.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 16.6%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 67.6%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Spotsylvania Courthouse CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone67.6% ±4.0 pp
Carpool14.3% ±7.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home16.6% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 3,335 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Spotsylvania Courthouse CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99thMean commute percentile

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

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% 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.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Spotsylvania Courthouse CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,335 workers age 16+, including 2,780 workers with reported travel time and 555 home workers.

Population estimate7,180± 1,138 MOE
Workers age 16+3,335± 565 MOE
Workers with travel time2,780± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers555± 212 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 Spotsylvania Courthouse CDP

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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