ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37183202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dunn, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 Dunn city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 24.8 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 8.0%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 73.8%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dunn city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.8% ±6.1 pp
Carpool14.8% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,595 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dunn city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dunn city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,595 workers age 16+, including 3,309 workers with reported travel time and 286 home workers.

Population estimate8,559± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+3,595± 258 MOE
Workers with travel time3,309± 278 MOE
Estimated home workers286± 102 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 Dunn city

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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