ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51872402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wolf Trap, Virginia

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home45.3%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone46.6%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 commute32.1 min → 30.3 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home31.2% → 45.3%▲ 14.1 pp

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

Public transit5.6% → 2.5%▼ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.0% → 46.6%▼ 10.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone46.6% ±3.1 pp
Carpool4.3% ±1.8 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home45.3% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 7,707 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.

100thWork-from-home percentile

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

82thTransit percentile

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

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,858± 1,022 MOE
Workers age 16+7,707± 590 MOE
Workers with travel time4,213± 393 MOE
Estimated home workers3,494± 458 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.