What is the average commute in Barbecue CDP, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Barbecue CDP, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.7 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 37035302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Barbecue, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Barbecue CDP, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.4 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 84.6% drove alone, and 23.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.4 min±16.1 min MOE

Worked from home6.3%±5.7 pp MOE

Drove alone84.6%±11.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.9%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 Barbecue CDP's published commute estimate?

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

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

Mean commutenan min → 36.4 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 6.3%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.0%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 84.6%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Barbecue CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.

Drive alone84.6% ±11.7 pp

Carpool6.4% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.6% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home6.3% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 2,745 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Barbecue CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

97^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Barbecue CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,745 workers age 16+, including 2,571 workers with reported travel time and 174 home workers.

Population estimate5,910± 1,052 MOE

Workers age 16+2,745± 605 MOE

Workers with travel time2,571± 613 MOE

Estimated home workers174± 160 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 Barbecue 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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