ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37291802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hampstead, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 17.2% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 12.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±8.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±6.3 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 Hampstead CDP'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 +1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 29.9 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 17.2%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 70.8%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hampstead CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±6.3 pp
Carpool11.2% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home17.2% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 3,989 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hampstead CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% 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.

81th60+ 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 Hampstead CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,989 workers age 16+, including 3,303 workers with reported travel time and 686 home workers.

Population estimate9,292± 1,209 MOE
Workers age 16+3,989± 695 MOE
Workers with travel time3,303± 615 MOE
Estimated home workers686± 244 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 Hampstead CDP

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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