ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VA · GEOID 51877122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodstock, Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 81.3% drove alone, and 12.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±8.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.3%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 Woodstock town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 28.5 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 6.6%▼ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 81.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodstock town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.

Drive alone81.3% ±8.3 pp
Carpool8.5% ±5.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.7% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home6.6% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 2,474 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodstock town compares with similar-size places

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

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 under 25k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodstock town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,474 workers age 16+, including 2,310 workers with reported travel time and 164 home workers.

Population estimate5,871± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+2,474± 403 MOE
Workers with travel time2,310± 390 MOE
Estimated home workers164± 127 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 Woodstock town

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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