ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51843682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Falls Church, Virginia

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

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 25k–100k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

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

89thTransit percentile

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

69th60+ 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 the shares

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.