What is the average commute in St. James town, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 50.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in St. James town, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 39.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 12.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NC · GEOID 37586302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. James, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for St. James town, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 50.3 min one way; 39.7% worked from home, 39.4% drove alone, and 37.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip50.3 min±35.6 min MOE

Worked from home39.7%±12.3 pp MOE

Drove alone39.4%±14.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip37.2%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 St. James town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute46.7 min → 50.3 min▲ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home32.2% → 39.7%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit16.0% → 13.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone45.3% → 39.4%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. James town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 39.4%; 13.6% used public transit and 39.7% worked from home.

Drive alone39.4% ±14.2 pp

Carpool5.4% ±4.6 pp

Public transit13.6% ±18.1 pp

Walk0.0% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±1.3 pp

Work from home39.7% ±12.3 pp

Each share uses 1,446 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. James town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. James town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,446 workers age 16+, including 872 workers with reported travel time and 574 home workers.

Population estimate7,072± 14 MOE

Workers age 16+1,446± 282 MOE

Workers with travel time872± 313 MOE

Estimated home workers574± 210 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 St. James town

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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