ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51764642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sugarland Run, Virginia

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.5%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone59.1%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.4 min → 28.0 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.6% → 23.5%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.2% → 59.1%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.1% ±1.7 pp
Carpool14.0% ±4.0 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home23.5% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 7,366 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,629± 1,036 MOE
Workers age 16+7,366± 778 MOE
Workers with travel time5,636± 660 MOE
Estimated home workers1,730± 444 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.