ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37692602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Unionville, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 commute30.7 min → 30.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 11.7%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.6% → 79.6%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.6% ±3.9 pp
Carpool8.3% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.7% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 3,796 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,954± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+3,796± 347 MOE
Workers with travel time3,351± 335 MOE
Estimated home workers445± 170 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.