ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37644202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stallings, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home25.3%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute29.7 min → 28.4 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.3% → 25.3%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 66.6%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.6% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.5% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home25.3% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 9,342 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,886± 269 MOE
Workers age 16+9,342± 451 MOE
Workers with travel time6,983± 441 MOE
Estimated home workers2,359± 434 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.