ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WV · GEOID 54712122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Albans, West Virginia

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 commute21.6 min → 20.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 13.1%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.3%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 74.9%▼ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.9% ±6.0 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.1 pp
Walk5.1% ±4.5 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.0 pp
Work from home13.1% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,288 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.

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,522± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+4,288± 384 MOE
Workers with travel time3,728± 356 MOE
Estimated home workers560± 191 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.