What is the average commute in Woodfin town, North Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Woodfin town, North Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NC · GEOID 37752802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodfin, North Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Woodfin town, North Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home19.1%±6.6 pp MOE

Drove alone75.7%±6.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Woodfin town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute20.1 min → 22.8 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.6% → 19.1%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 75.7%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodfin town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.

Drive alone75.7% ±6.6 pp

Carpool4.5% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home19.1% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 3,909 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodfin town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodfin town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,909 workers age 16+, including 3,162 workers with reported travel time and 747 home workers.

Population estimate8,048± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+3,909± 404 MOE

Workers with travel time3,162± 397 MOE

Estimated home workers747± 270 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable North Carolina commute records for Woodfin town

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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