What is the average commute in Winchester city, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Winchester city, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 51867202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winchester, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Winchester city, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 71.5% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home14.0%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone71.5%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Winchester city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 19.6 min▼ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 14.0%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.6% → 71.5%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Winchester city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.5%; 1.2% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone71.5% ±2.9 pp

Carpool6.6% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.2% ±0.7 pp

Walk5.5% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home14.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 13,356 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Winchester city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Winchester city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,356 workers age 16+, including 11,487 workers with reported travel time and 1,869 home workers.

Population estimate27,913± — MOE

Workers age 16+13,356± 602 MOE

Workers with travel time11,487± 634 MOE

Estimated home workers1,869± 381 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 Winchester city

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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