What is the average commute in Boone town, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Boone town, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 37070802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boone, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Boone town, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.8 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 63.7% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.8 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.1%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone63.7%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Boone town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.3 min → 15.8 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 10.1%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 4.2%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.0% → 63.7%▲ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Boone town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.7%; 4.2% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone63.7% ±5.8 pp

Carpool8.1% ±3.2 pp

Public transit4.2% ±2.4 pp

Walk13.2% ±3.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.1% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 8,382 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Boone town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Boone town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,382 workers age 16+, including 7,537 workers with reported travel time and 845 home workers.

Population estimate20,032± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+8,382± 718 MOE

Workers with travel time7,537± 676 MOE

Estimated home workers845± 299 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 Boone town

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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