ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37522202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pineville, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home21.3%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone61.6%±10.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute20.8 min → 23.5 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.4% → 21.3%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.7%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.9% → 61.6%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.6% ±10.4 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.5 pp
Walk9.3% ±7.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home21.3% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 5,608 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,055± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+5,608± 536 MOE
Workers with travel time4,413± 516 MOE
Estimated home workers1,195± 263 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.