ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54104202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookhaven, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±16.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 20.3 min▼ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 12.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.6%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 68.6%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±16.4 pp
Carpool14.5% ±10.9 pp
Public transit1.6% ±2.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home12.5% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,869 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,212± 728 MOE
Workers age 16+2,869± 486 MOE
Workers with travel time2,511± 461 MOE
Estimated home workers358± 137 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.