ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51823712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wakefield, Virginia

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home29.6%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone61.9%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute32.4 min → 28.3 min▼ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.2% → 29.6%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 2.0%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.4% → 61.9%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.9% ±4.5 pp
Carpool4.6% ±2.7 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home29.6% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 5,876 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,930± 931 MOE
Workers age 16+5,876± 564 MOE
Workers with travel time4,137± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers1,739± 294 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.