ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37383202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lincolnton, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 75.1% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Lincolnton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.5 min → 25.0 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 11.7%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.0% → 75.1%▼ 12.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lincolnton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone75.1% ±5.7 pp
Carpool8.2% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,032 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lincolnton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% 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.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lincolnton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,032 workers age 16+, including 4,442 workers with reported travel time and 590 home workers.

Population estimate11,783± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,032± 503 MOE
Workers with travel time4,442± 467 MOE
Estimated home workers590± 182 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 Lincolnton city

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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