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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 37444002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morganton, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Morganton city, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home8.1%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Morganton 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 +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 17.7 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 8.1%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 75.6%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morganton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±4.4 pp

Carpool14.9% ±6.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home8.1% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 7,451 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morganton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morganton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,451 workers age 16+, including 6,846 workers with reported travel time and 605 home workers.

Population estimate17,646± 35 MOE

Workers age 16+7,451± 616 MOE

Workers with travel time6,846± 616 MOE

Estimated home workers605± 202 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 Morganton 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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