Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37015202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Apex, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 36.0% worked from home, 55.1% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.2 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home36.0%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone55.1%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Apex town's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.1 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 Apex town residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 36.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 36,394 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Apex town compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Apex town's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 36,394 workers age 16+, including 23,289 workers with reported travel time and 13,105 home workers.
Population estimate70,630± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+36,394± 1,012 MOE
Workers with travel time23,289± 1,304 MOE
Estimated home workers13,105± 947 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 Apex town
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.