What is the average commute in Morrisville town, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Morrisville town, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 39.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 37445202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morrisville, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Morrisville town, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 39.0% worked from home, 52.0% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home39.0%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone52.0%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.6%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 Morrisville town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +15.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 21.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.4% → 39.0%▲ 15.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.3% → 52.0%▼ 14.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morrisville town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 39.0% worked from home.

Drive alone52.0% ±3.6 pp

Carpool5.5% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home39.0% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 17,636 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morrisville town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morrisville town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,636 workers age 16+, including 10,754 workers with reported travel time and 6,882 home workers.

Population estimate31,422± 161 MOE

Workers age 16+17,636± 912 MOE

Workers with travel time10,754± 867 MOE

Estimated home workers6,882± 926 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 Morrisville town

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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