ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37619502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Silver Lake, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±9.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.3%±13.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.3 min → 23.6 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.0%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.0%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.8% → 79.3%▼ 8.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.3% ±13.6 pp
Carpool8.7% ±3.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,392 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.

42thMean commute percentile

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

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,563± 1,043 MOE
Workers age 16+3,392± 836 MOE
Workers with travel time3,086± 829 MOE
Estimated home workers306± 155 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.