Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371352024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Orange County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 26.8% worked from home, 55.3% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.6 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home26.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone55.3%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Orange County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 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 Orange County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.3%; 4.2% used public transit and 26.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 72,751 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Orange County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 47th 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 lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Orange County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 72,751 workers age 16+, including 53,245 workers with reported travel time and 19,506 home workers.
Population estimate149,678± — MOE
Workers age 16+72,751± 1,247 MOE
Workers with travel time53,245± 1,232 MOE
Estimated home workers19,506± 1,151 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 Orange County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.