Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51823712024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Wakefield, Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 29.6% worked from home, 61.9% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Wakefield CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Wakefield CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.9%; 2.0% used public transit and 29.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,876 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Wakefield CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Wakefield CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,876 workers age 16+, including 4,137 workers with reported travel time and 1,739 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Virginia reports →Comparable Virginia commute records for Wakefield CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.