ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54191082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cross Lanes, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 25.8 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 9.5%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 80.9%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.4% ±4.6 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.5% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 4,971 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.

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,671± 1,173 MOE
Workers age 16+4,971± 836 MOE
Workers with travel time4,498± 782 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 258 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.