ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37017202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Archdale, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Archdale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.9 min → 22.6 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.2%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 80.2%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Archdale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±4.7 pp
Carpool9.8% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 5,733 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Archdale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% 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.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Archdale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,733 workers age 16+, including 5,322 workers with reported travel time and 411 home workers.

Population estimate12,087± 256 MOE
Workers age 16+5,733± 506 MOE
Workers with travel time5,322± 459 MOE
Estimated home workers411± 124 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 Archdale city

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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