What is the average commute in Stafford Courthouse CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Stafford Courthouse CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51749162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stafford Courthouse, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Stafford Courthouse CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.3 min one way; 21.3% worked from home, 69.6% drove alone, and 27.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.3 min±14.2 min MOE

Worked from home21.3%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone69.6%±12.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip27.1%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 Stafford Courthouse CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.0 min → 37.3 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 21.3%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.4%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 69.6%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stafford Courthouse CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.6%; 1.4% used public transit and 21.3% worked from home.

Drive alone69.6% ±12.3 pp

Carpool5.4% ±3.0 pp

Public transit1.4% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home21.3% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 2,468 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stafford Courthouse CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stafford Courthouse CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,468 workers age 16+, including 1,943 workers with reported travel time and 525 home workers.

Population estimate5,839± 976 MOE

Workers age 16+2,468± 500 MOE

Workers with travel time1,943± 468 MOE

Estimated home workers525± 201 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 Stafford 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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