ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37229202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute19.3 min → 19.1 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 7.7%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 73.1%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±1.1 pp
Carpool10.4% ±0.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.1 pp
Walk6.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.7% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 102,035 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

22thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate210,815± 99 MOE
Workers age 16+102,035± 1,412 MOE
Workers with travel time94,169± 1,368 MOE
Estimated home workers7,866± 636 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.