ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37013402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anderson Creek, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.5 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 84.7% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.5 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone84.7%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Anderson Creek CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 34.5 min▲ 5.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 9.2%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 84.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Anderson Creek CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone84.7% ±3.7 pp
Carpool4.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.2% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,809 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Anderson Creek CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Anderson Creek CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,809 workers age 16+, including 5,272 workers with reported travel time and 537 home workers.

Population estimate13,927± 1,030 MOE
Workers age 16+5,809± 484 MOE
Workers with travel time5,272± 480 MOE
Estimated home workers537± 122 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 Anderson Creek CDP

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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