Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NC · GEOID 371992024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Yancey County, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.1 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 Yancey 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 +4.6 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 Yancey County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,766 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Yancey County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Yancey County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,766 workers age 16+, including 6,861 workers with reported travel time and 905 home workers.
Population estimate18,797± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,766± 428 MOE
Workers with travel time6,861± 442 MOE
Estimated home workers905± 236 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 Yancey County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.