ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37470002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newton, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 commute21.4 min → 21.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 5.6%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 1.6%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 78.5%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.5% ±6.8 pp
Carpool13.9% ±6.0 pp
Public transit1.6% ±2.5 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.6% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,761 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,333± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,761± 491 MOE
Workers with travel time5,439± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers322± 158 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.