ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37715002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waynesville, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.0%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 commute18.3 min → 19.7 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 12.4%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 70.0%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.0% ±5.5 pp
Carpool13.7% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home12.4% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 4,779 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% 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.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,502± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,779± 441 MOE
Workers with travel time4,185± 459 MOE
Estimated home workers594± 190 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.