ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37372202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laurinburg, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute20.8 min → 19.2 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 9.3%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 78.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±2.6 pp
Carpool10.4% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.3% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,250 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.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,087± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+5,250± 362 MOE
Workers with travel time4,762± 332 MOE
Estimated home workers488± 166 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.