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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 37307202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hendersonville, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Hendersonville city, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 75.8% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.8%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.5%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 Hendersonville city'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 +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 19.2 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 8.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.3%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 75.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hendersonville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone75.8% ±4.9 pp

Carpool11.7% ±4.6 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home8.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 6,648 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hendersonville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hendersonville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,648 workers age 16+, including 6,069 workers with reported travel time and 579 home workers.

Population estimate15,408± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+6,648± 489 MOE

Workers with travel time6,069± 496 MOE

Estimated home workers579± 202 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 Hendersonville 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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