Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Harnett County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 13.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip32.8 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 Harnett County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Harnett County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 60,105 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Harnett County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 95th 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 higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Harnett County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 60,105 workers age 16+, including 54,830 workers with reported travel time and 5,275 home workers.
Population estimate139,150± — MOE
Workers age 16+60,105± 1,149 MOE
Workers with travel time54,830± 1,236 MOE
Estimated home workers5,275± 551 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 Harnett County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.