ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37307202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hendersonville, North Carolina

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.2 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

17thMean commute percentile

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

35thWork-from-home percentile

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

50thTransit percentile

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

12th60+ 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 the shares

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.