ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37449602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Holly, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 commute28.3 min → 27.5 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 18.8%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 74.7%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.7% ±2.8 pp
Carpool5.0% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 9,447 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.

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% 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.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,208± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+9,447± 496 MOE
Workers with travel time7,673± 515 MOE
Estimated home workers1,774± 299 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.