Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37575002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.6 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Rocky Mount city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Rocky Mount city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 1.0% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 23,392 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rocky Mount city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rocky Mount city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 23,392 workers age 16+, including 21,388 workers with reported travel time and 2,004 home workers.
Population estimate54,297± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+23,392± 1,090 MOE
Workers with travel time21,388± 1,016 MOE
Estimated home workers2,004± 430 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
All North Carolina reports →Comparable North Carolina commute records for Rocky Mount city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.