ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37020802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Asheboro, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 82.4% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone82.4%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 Asheboro city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.9 min → 22.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 5.7%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 82.4%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Asheboro city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.

Drive alone82.4% ±2.3 pp
Carpool10.7% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home5.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 12,181 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Asheboro city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Asheboro city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,181 workers age 16+, including 11,486 workers with reported travel time and 695 home workers.

Population estimate27,580± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+12,181± 717 MOE
Workers with travel time11,486± 677 MOE
Estimated home workers695± 257 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 Asheboro 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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