What is the average commute in Charles Town city, West Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Charles Town city, West Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 · WV · GEOID 54146102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Charles Town, West Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Charles Town city, West Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.2 min one way; 20.7% worked from home, 65.9% drove alone, and 21.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.2 min±6.0 min MOE

Worked from home20.7%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone65.9%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip21.0%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 Charles Town city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute38.5 min → 36.2 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 20.7%▲ 11.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 65.9%▼ 11.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Charles Town city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 20.7% worked from home.

Drive alone65.9% ±4.8 pp

Carpool10.1% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±1.5 pp

Work from home20.7% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,794 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Charles Town city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 94th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

94^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thTransit percentile

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

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Charles Town city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,794 workers age 16+, including 3,009 workers with reported travel time and 785 home workers.

Population estimate7,337± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+3,794± 268 MOE

Workers with travel time3,009± 280 MOE

Estimated home workers785± 201 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 West Virginia commute records for Charles Town 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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