ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54600282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Hill, West Virginia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 11.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±10.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 Oak Hill city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.0 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.2% → 4.5%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 75.0%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oak Hill city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone75.0% ±6.9 pp
Carpool14.0% ±5.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.1% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,389 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oak Hill city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oak Hill city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,389 workers age 16+, including 3,238 workers with reported travel time and 151 home workers.

Population estimate7,937± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,389± 335 MOE
Workers with travel time3,238± 330 MOE
Estimated home workers151± 69 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 Oak Hill 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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