Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37253002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 30.0% worked from home, 61.9% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.1 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home30.0%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone61.9%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 Fuquay-Varina town's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Fuquay-Varina town residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 30.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 18,862 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Fuquay-Varina town compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Fuquay-Varina town's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 18,862 workers age 16+, including 13,211 workers with reported travel time and 5,651 home workers.
Population estimate40,485± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+18,862± 959 MOE
Workers with travel time13,211± 1,011 MOE
Estimated home workers5,651± 604 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
All North Carolina reports →Comparable North Carolina commute records for Fuquay-Varina town
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.