ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Warren County, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.4%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 Warren County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 29.5 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 11.0%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 74.9%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Warren County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±3.7 pp
Carpool10.8% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 7,071 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Warren County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

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

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Warren County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,071 workers age 16+, including 6,290 workers with reported travel time and 781 home workers.

Population estimate18,795± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,071± 373 MOE
Workers with travel time6,290± 388 MOE
Estimated home workers781± 185 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 Warren 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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