What is the average commute in Marion city, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Marion city, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NC · GEOID 37414202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marion, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Marion city, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 2.6% worked from home, 81.3% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home2.6%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone81.3%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.2%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 Marion city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 21.7 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 2.6%▼ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 81.3%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Marion city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 2.6% worked from home.

Drive alone81.3% ±3.7 pp

Carpool14.6% ±5.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home2.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 2,616 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Marion city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Marion city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,616 workers age 16+, including 2,547 workers with reported travel time and 69 home workers.

Population estimate7,579± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+2,616± 285 MOE

Workers with travel time2,547± 267 MOE

Estimated home workers69± 75 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 Marion 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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