ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37048402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Belmont, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 25.6% worked from home, 66.0% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home25.6%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone66.0%±4.2 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 Belmont city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.6 min → 26.5 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 25.6%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 66.0%▼ 12.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Belmont city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 25.6% worked from home.

Drive alone66.0% ±4.2 pp
Carpool4.5% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.6% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home25.6% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 7,870 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Belmont city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% 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.

44th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Belmont city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,870 workers age 16+, including 5,854 workers with reported travel time and 2,016 home workers.

Population estimate15,546± 61 MOE
Workers age 16+7,870± 546 MOE
Workers with travel time5,854± 530 MOE
Estimated home workers2,016± 298 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 Belmont 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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