What is the average commute in Asheville city, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Asheville city, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NC · GEOID 37021402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Asheville, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Asheville city, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.2 min one way; 20.1% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.2 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home20.1%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone66.1%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.3%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 Asheville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.3 min → 18.2 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 20.1%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.7% → 66.1%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Asheville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 1.3% used public transit and 20.1% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±2.4 pp

Carpool6.9% ±1.4 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.7 pp

Walk3.4% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 47,729 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Asheville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Asheville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 47,729 workers age 16+, including 38,157 workers with reported travel time and 9,572 home workers.

Population estimate94,535± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+47,729± 1,563 MOE

Workers with travel time38,157± 1,528 MOE

Estimated home workers9,572± 1,096 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 Asheville 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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