ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 370912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hertford County, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 4.3% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 Hertford County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.5 min → 26.5 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 4.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.2%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 78.9%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hertford County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 4.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.9% ±2.7 pp
Carpool11.5% ±2.7 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.3% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 7,774 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hertford County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hertford County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,774 workers age 16+, including 7,440 workers with reported travel time and 334 home workers.

Population estimate19,908± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,774± 312 MOE
Workers with travel time7,440± 334 MOE
Estimated home workers334± 108 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 Hertford 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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