Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37107402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cary, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 36.5% worked from home, 56.3% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.5 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home36.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone56.3%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Cary town's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Cary town residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.3%; 0.3% used public transit and 36.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 93,989 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cary town compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cary town's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 93,989 workers age 16+, including 59,677 workers with reported travel time and 34,312 home workers.
Population estimate179,306± 190 MOE
Workers age 16+93,989± 1,790 MOE
Workers with travel time59,677± 1,961 MOE
Estimated home workers34,312± 1,443 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
All North Carolina reports →Comparable North Carolina commute records for Cary town
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.