ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37674202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thomasville, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute22.6 min → 20.4 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 9.4%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 78.6%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±5.0 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 12,473 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.

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,321± 187 MOE
Workers age 16+12,473± 848 MOE
Workers with travel time11,300± 919 MOE
Estimated home workers1,173± 327 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.