ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37458402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Myrtle Grove, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.4 min → 20.3 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 22.0%▲ 8.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 71.8%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±7.3 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,880 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,637± 1,289 MOE
Workers age 16+5,880± 745 MOE
Workers with travel time4,584± 713 MOE
Estimated home workers1,296± 225 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.