Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37377602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lenoir, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Lenoir city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lenoir city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,399 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lenoir city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lenoir city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,399 workers age 16+, including 6,578 workers with reported travel time and 821 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All North Carolina reports →Comparable North Carolina commute records for Lenoir city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.