What is the average commute in Triangle CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 51793602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Triangle, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Triangle CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.7 min one way; 13.1% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 19.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.7 min±10.4 min MOE

Worked from home13.1%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±13.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.1%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 Triangle CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.6 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 commute45.3 min → 38.7 min▼ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 13.1%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 2.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 69.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Triangle CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 2.5% used public transit and 13.1% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±13.0 pp

Carpool10.8% ±5.1 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.8 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home13.1% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 4,834 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Triangle CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

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

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Triangle CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,834 workers age 16+, including 4,200 workers with reported travel time and 634 home workers.

Population estimate10,450± 1,183 MOE

Workers age 16+4,834± 650 MOE

Workers with travel time4,200± 625 MOE

Estimated home workers634± 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 Triangle 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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