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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 54557562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morgantown, West Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Morgantown city, West Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.2 min one way; 14.6% worked from home, 61.6% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home14.6%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone61.6%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.0%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 Morgantown 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 +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.3 min → 16.2 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 14.6%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 1.5%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.3% → 61.6%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morgantown city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.6%; 1.5% used public transit and 14.6% worked from home.

Drive alone61.6% ±3.6 pp

Carpool8.1% ±1.7 pp

Public transit1.5% ±0.9 pp

Walk12.4% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home14.6% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 14,971 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morgantown city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

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

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morgantown city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,971 workers age 16+, including 12,781 workers with reported travel time and 2,190 home workers.

Population estimate30,236± 37 MOE

Workers age 16+14,971± 840 MOE

Workers with travel time12,781± 821 MOE

Estimated home workers2,190± 380 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 Morgantown city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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