ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37106202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carrboro, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home27.2%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone49.6%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 23.1 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.8% → 27.2%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit10.9% → 7.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone55.3% → 49.6%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.6% ±4.6 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.5 pp
Public transit7.2% ±2.0 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle4.7% ±2.1 pp
Work from home27.2% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 11,934 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,204± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+11,934± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time8,686± 608 MOE
Estimated home workers3,248± 495 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.