Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54621402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Parkersburg, West Virginia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Parkersburg city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 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 Parkersburg city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 2.0% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,373 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Parkersburg city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Parkersburg city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,373 workers age 16+, including 11,152 workers with reported travel time and 1,221 home workers.
Population estimate29,240± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+12,373± 637 MOE
Workers with travel time11,152± 605 MOE
Estimated home workers1,221± 288 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 Parkersburg city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.