ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37143402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Conover, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute19.0 min → 18.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 4.1%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.0% → 74.7%▼ 13.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.7% ±5.4 pp
Carpool19.3% ±7.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±2.2 pp
Work from home4.1% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 3,416 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.

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,580± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,416± 329 MOE
Workers with travel time3,277± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers139± 84 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.