Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54586842024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Martinsville, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.0 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 83.1% drove alone, and 1.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.0 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 New Martinsville city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How New Martinsville city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,086 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Martinsville city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Martinsville city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,086 workers age 16+, including 1,974 workers with reported travel time and 112 home workers.
Population estimate5,133± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+2,086± 179 MOE
Workers with travel time1,974± 192 MOE
Estimated home workers112± 82 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
All West Virginia reports →Comparable West Virginia commute records for New Martinsville city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.