ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37237602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fletcher, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±6.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.6%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 commute18.6 min → 23.7 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 11.1%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 78.9%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.9% ±6.2 pp
Carpool9.6% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.1% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 4,116 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% 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.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,098± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+4,116± 415 MOE
Workers with travel time3,661± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers455± 213 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.