ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37559002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Reidsville, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Reidsville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 24.0 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 6.9%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 72.9%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Reidsville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±5.7 pp
Carpool10.4% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.3% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.9% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 5,386 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Reidsville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower 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.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Reidsville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,386 workers age 16+, including 5,017 workers with reported travel time and 369 home workers.

Population estimate14,585± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+5,386± 535 MOE
Workers with travel time5,017± 552 MOE
Estimated home workers369± 176 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 Reidsville city

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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