ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51836802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waynesboro, Virginia

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 commute22.5 min → 21.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 10.3%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 75.3%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±3.4 pp
Carpool9.7% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home10.3% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 11,010 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

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

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,841± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,010± 576 MOE
Workers with travel time9,876± 633 MOE
Estimated home workers1,134± 257 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.