ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51786882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Timberlake, Virginia

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute20.6 min → 20.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 13.8%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.3% → 80.6%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±1.8 pp
Carpool2.7% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.8% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 7,206 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

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

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,725± 1,090 MOE
Workers age 16+7,206± 760 MOE
Workers with travel time6,210± 665 MOE
Estimated home workers996± 303 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.