What is the average commute in Hillsborough town, 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 Hillsborough town, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 29.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 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 37316202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillsborough, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Hillsborough town, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 29.2% worked from home, 64.7% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home29.2%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone64.7%±6.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.7%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 Hillsborough town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.3 min → 21.7 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.2% → 29.2%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.8%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 64.7%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hillsborough town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.7%; 0.8% used public transit and 29.2% worked from home.

Drive alone64.7% ±6.6 pp

Carpool3.8% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home29.2% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,640 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hillsborough town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hillsborough town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,640 workers age 16+, including 3,286 workers with reported travel time and 1,354 home workers.

Population estimate9,724± 44 MOE

Workers age 16+4,640± 377 MOE

Workers with travel time3,286± 394 MOE

Estimated home workers1,354± 255 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 Hillsborough town

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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