ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51757022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stone Ridge, Virginia

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±7.6 min MOE
Worked from home31.0%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone55.8%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.9%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 commute39.3 min → 32.1 min▼ 7.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 31.0%▲ 12.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.4% → 55.8%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.8% ±7.7 pp
Carpool7.9% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home31.0% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 8,682 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,603± 1,903 MOE
Workers age 16+8,682± 1,122 MOE
Workers with travel time5,992± 907 MOE
Estimated home workers2,690± 578 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.