ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37377602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lenoir, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 commute23.5 min → 24.8 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 11.1%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 77.2%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.2% ±7.1 pp
Carpool10.5% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.1% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 7,399 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% 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.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,299± 64 MOE
Workers age 16+7,399± 721 MOE
Workers with travel time6,578± 787 MOE
Estimated home workers821± 262 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.