ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51831362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Warrenton, Virginia

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.1 min → 30.3 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 14.1%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 2.0%▲ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 67.0%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±5.3 pp
Carpool10.1% ±4.3 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.7 pp
Walk4.0% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.1% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 5,098 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,176± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+5,098± 354 MOE
Workers with travel time4,377± 342 MOE
Estimated home workers721± 187 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.