ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54225642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dunbar, West Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 80.4% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.4%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Dunbar city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 19.7 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 8.1%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 1.7%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.0% → 80.4%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dunbar city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.4%; 1.7% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone80.4% ±5.4 pp
Carpool7.7% ±4.4 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.1% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,815 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dunbar city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dunbar city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,815 workers age 16+, including 3,505 workers with reported travel time and 310 home workers.

Population estimate7,254± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+3,815± 437 MOE
Workers with travel time3,505± 445 MOE
Estimated home workers310± 192 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 Dunbar 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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