ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54394602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute18.3 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 1.5%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 69.6%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.6% ±2.6 pp
Carpool10.9% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle1.4% ±0.9 pp
Work from home9.4% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 19,921 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate45,787± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+19,921± 754 MOE
Workers with travel time18,047± 697 MOE
Estimated home workers1,874± 317 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.