Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371832024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Wake County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 29.1% worked from home, 61.4% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.1 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home29.1%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone61.4%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Wake County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.4 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 Wake County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.4%; 0.7% used public transit and 29.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 619,080 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Wake County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 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 67% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Wake County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 619,080 workers age 16+, including 439,202 workers with reported travel time and 179,878 home workers.
Population estimate1,178,653± — MOE
Workers age 16+619,080± 4,082 MOE
Workers with travel time439,202± 4,836 MOE
Estimated home workers179,878± 4,009 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 Wake County
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.