ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37719402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wesley Chapel, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip31.7 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home25.8%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute31.3 min → 31.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.6% → 25.8%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 64.1%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.1% ±7.0 pp
Carpool9.3% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home25.8% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 4,461 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% 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.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,090± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+4,461± 415 MOE
Workers with travel time3,308± 482 MOE
Estimated home workers1,153± 264 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.