ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37070802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boone, North Carolina

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

6thMean commute percentile

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

42thWork-from-home percentile

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

89thTransit percentile

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

22th60+ 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 the shares

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.