ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greene County, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone82.9%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute28.3 min → 25.9 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 4.9%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.5% → 82.9%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.9% ±2.5 pp
Carpool10.9% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.9% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 8,171 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% 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.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,486± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,171± 488 MOE
Workers with travel time7,771± 498 MOE
Estimated home workers400± 193 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.