ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37380602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lexington, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 commute22.4 min → 25.5 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 7.3%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 70.4%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±5.4 pp
Carpool18.0% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.2% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 7,505 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% 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.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,690± 98 MOE
Workers age 16+7,505± 487 MOE
Workers with travel time6,958± 512 MOE
Estimated home workers547± 186 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.