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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 37105002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Carolina Beach town, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 1.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±5.0 min MOE

Worked from home19.7%±5.4 pp MOE

Drove alone68.4%±7.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.8%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 Carolina Beach town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.2 min → 22.1 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 19.7%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 68.4%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Carolina Beach town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±7.6 pp

Carpool6.9% ±5.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle3.4% ±2.8 pp

Work from home19.7% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 3,309 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Carolina Beach town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher 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.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Carolina Beach town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,309 workers age 16+, including 2,656 workers with reported travel time and 653 home workers.

Population estimate6,745± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+3,309± 379 MOE

Workers with travel time2,656± 353 MOE

Estimated home workers653± 193 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 Carolina Beach 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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