What is the average commute in Franklin County, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Franklin County, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin County, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin County, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.3 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 76.9% drove alone, and 13.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.3 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home12.5%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone76.9%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.8%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 Franklin County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.3 min → 33.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 12.5%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 76.9%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone76.9% ±1.7 pp

Carpool9.6% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.5% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 34,725 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

30^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 34,725 workers age 16+, including 30,393 workers with reported travel time and 4,332 home workers.

Population estimate74,386± — MOE

Workers age 16+34,725± 842 MOE

Workers with travel time30,393± 896 MOE

Estimated home workers4,332± 601 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 Franklin 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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