ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilson County, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 Wilson 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 +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 22.5 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 7.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 79.5%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wilson County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±2.3 pp
Carpool9.9% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.7% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 34,077 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wilson County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wilson County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 34,077 workers age 16+, including 31,458 workers with reported travel time and 2,619 home workers.

Population estimate79,290± — MOE
Workers age 16+34,077± 926 MOE
Workers with travel time31,458± 984 MOE
Estimated home workers2,619± 371 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 Wilson 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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