What is the average commute in Fairmont city, West Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 54264522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairmont, West Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Fairmont city, West Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.2%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone70.9%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.7%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 Fairmont city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 22.8 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 12.2%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.3%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 70.9%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairmont city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 1.3% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±4.1 pp

Carpool10.0% ±2.7 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp

Walk4.5% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±1.0 pp

Work from home12.2% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 9,189 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairmont city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

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

24^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairmont city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,189 workers age 16+, including 8,070 workers with reported travel time and 1,119 home workers.

Population estimate18,221± 35 MOE

Workers age 16+9,189± 440 MOE

Workers with travel time8,070± 426 MOE

Estimated home workers1,119± 307 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 Fairmont 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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