ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37572602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rockingham, North Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 1.4% worked from home, 87.0% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home1.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone87.0%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 Rockingham city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 23.6 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 1.4%▼ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 87.0%▲ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rockingham city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.4% worked from home.

Drive alone87.0% ±8.0 pp
Carpool9.6% ±6.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.0% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home1.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 3,296 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rockingham city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% 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.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rockingham city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,296 workers age 16+, including 3,249 workers with reported travel time and 47 home workers.

Population estimate8,967± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+3,296± 440 MOE
Workers with travel time3,249± 436 MOE
Estimated home workers47± 33 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 Rockingham 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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