ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37745402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilson, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 commute20.5 min → 21.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 7.4%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 78.9%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.9% ±3.5 pp
Carpool10.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home7.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 20,854 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate48,370± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+20,854± 885 MOE
Workers with travel time19,314± 915 MOE
Estimated home workers1,540± 314 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.