Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Moore County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.6 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Moore County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Moore County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 45,329 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Moore County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 72th 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 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Moore County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 45,329 workers age 16+, including 39,802 workers with reported travel time and 5,527 home workers.
Population estimate104,876± — MOE
Workers age 16+45,329± 945 MOE
Workers with travel time39,802± 1,013 MOE
Estimated home workers5,527± 577 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 Moore County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.