Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Alexander County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 84.9% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.6 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone84.9%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 Alexander County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 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 Alexander County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 15,707 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Alexander County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Alexander County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 15,707 workers age 16+, including 14,745 workers with reported travel time and 962 home workers.
Population estimate36,412± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,707± 785 MOE
Workers with travel time14,745± 745 MOE
Estimated home workers962± 249 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 North Carolina reports →Comparable North Carolina commute records for Alexander County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.