Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370672024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Forsyth County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 14.5% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.7 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home14.5%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Forsyth County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 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 Forsyth County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 0.7% used public transit and 14.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 181,037 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Forsyth County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Forsyth County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 181,037 workers age 16+, including 154,807 workers with reported travel time and 26,230 home workers.
Population estimate389,977± — MOE
Workers age 16+181,037± 2,026 MOE
Workers with travel time154,807± 2,269 MOE
Estimated home workers26,230± 1,302 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 Forsyth County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.