ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anson County, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Anson County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 29.4 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 8.9%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 73.8%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Anson County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.

Drive alone73.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool16.7% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 8,866 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Anson County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

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

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Anson County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,866 workers age 16+, including 8,080 workers with reported travel time and 786 home workers.

Population estimate22,289± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,866± 696 MOE
Workers with travel time8,080± 723 MOE
Estimated home workers786± 231 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 North Carolina commute records for Anson County

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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