ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54752922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Charleston, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.1 min → 19.3 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 8.9%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 2.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 76.1%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.1% ±5.5 pp
Carpool10.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit2.2% ±2.7 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.9% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 6,369 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,457± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+6,369± 466 MOE
Workers with travel time5,800± 490 MOE
Estimated home workers569± 149 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.