ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54557562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morgantown, West Virginia

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

4thMean commute percentile

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

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% 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.

3th60+ 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 the shares

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.