What is the average commute in Elizabeth City city, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Elizabeth City city, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NC · GEOID 37205802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Elizabeth City city, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 12.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±6.0 pp MOE

Drove alone72.1%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.7%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 Elizabeth City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 26.4 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 11.5%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 72.1%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elizabeth City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±5.3 pp

Carpool9.7% ±3.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.1% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home11.5% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 8,381 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elizabeth City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elizabeth City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,381 workers age 16+, including 7,416 workers with reported travel time and 965 home workers.

Population estimate18,871± 65 MOE

Workers age 16+8,381± 496 MOE

Workers with travel time7,416± 548 MOE

Estimated home workers965± 504 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 Elizabeth City 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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