What is the average commute in Greensboro city, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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 37280002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greensboro, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Greensboro city, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 13.8% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home13.8%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone72.1%±1.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.2%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 Greensboro city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 21.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 13.8%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 72.1%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greensboro city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 1.8% used public transit and 13.8% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±1.2 pp

Carpool8.6% ±0.8 pp

Public transit1.8% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.2% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.8% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 147,182 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greensboro city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greensboro city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 147,182 workers age 16+, including 126,807 workers with reported travel time and 20,375 home workers.

Population estimate301,198± 75 MOE

Workers age 16+147,182± 2,296 MOE

Workers with travel time126,807± 2,401 MOE

Estimated home workers20,375± 1,380 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 Greensboro 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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