Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37120002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Charlotte, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 28.8% worked from home, 57.4% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.7 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home28.8%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone57.4%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Charlotte city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.1 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 Charlotte city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.4%; 1.9% used public transit and 28.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 487,142 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Charlotte city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered 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 55% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Charlotte city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 487,142 workers age 16+, including 346,961 workers with reported travel time and 140,181 home workers.
Population estimate903,844± 208 MOE
Workers age 16+487,142± 3,603 MOE
Workers with travel time346,961± 4,274 MOE
Estimated home workers140,181± 3,670 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 Charlotte city
No other North Carolina place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.