Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371592024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rowan County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.2 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 Rowan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 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 Rowan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 66,757 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rowan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 68th 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 68% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rowan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 66,757 workers age 16+, including 61,168 workers with reported travel time and 5,589 home workers.
Population estimate149,875± — MOE
Workers age 16+66,757± 1,538 MOE
Workers with travel time61,168± 1,714 MOE
Estimated home workers5,589± 602 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 Rowan County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.