What is the average commute in Vinton town, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Vinton town, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.2 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 51812802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vinton, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Vinton town, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home13.7%±5.2 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.7%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 Vinton town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 25.9 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 13.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 79.3%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Vinton town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±3.2 pp

Carpool4.6% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home13.7% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 3,910 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Vinton town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

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

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Vinton town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,910 workers age 16+, including 3,375 workers with reported travel time and 535 home workers.

Population estimate8,056± 49 MOE

Workers age 16+3,910± 423 MOE

Workers with travel time3,375± 370 MOE

Estimated home workers535± 210 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 Vinton town

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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