ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51873332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodburn, Virginia

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±14.2 min MOE
Worked from home31.9%±7.1 pp MOE
Drove alone47.7%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.5%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 commute30.8 min → 28.9 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.4% → 31.9%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit11.0% → 10.2%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.4% → 47.7%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone47.7% ±8.0 pp
Carpool4.0% ±3.8 pp
Public transit10.2% ±10.9 pp
Walk3.4% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home31.9% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 4,820 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,503± 1,550 MOE
Workers age 16+4,820± 814 MOE
Workers with travel time3,282± 756 MOE
Estimated home workers1,538± 428 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.