What is the average commute in West Falls Church CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in West Falls Church CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 51843682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Falls Church, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for West Falls Church CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 22.9% worked from home, 54.9% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home22.9%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone54.9%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.2%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 West Falls Church CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.2 min → 28.7 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 22.9%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit8.5% → 5.1%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.3% → 54.9%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How West Falls Church CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.9%; 5.1% used public transit and 22.9% worked from home.

Drive alone54.9% ±5.0 pp

Carpool13.4% ±3.5 pp

Public transit5.1% ±1.3 pp

Walk2.3% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home22.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 16,995 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How West Falls Church CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind West Falls Church CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,995 workers age 16+, including 13,100 workers with reported travel time and 3,895 home workers.

Population estimate31,279± 2,571 MOE

Workers age 16+16,995± 1,022 MOE

Workers with travel time13,100± 1,075 MOE

Estimated home workers3,895± 483 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 West Falls Church CDP

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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