ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Davidson County, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute24.5 min → 24.3 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.7%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 79.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.1% ±1.5 pp
Carpool9.4% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home9.7% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 78,107 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate172,954± — MOE
Workers age 16+78,107± 1,715 MOE
Workers with travel time70,564± 1,774 MOE
Estimated home workers7,543± 738 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.