ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NC · GEOID 37757802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wrightsboro, North Carolina

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone85.9%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute21.2 min → 21.6 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 7.5%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.2% → 85.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.9% ±4.8 pp
Carpool4.5% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.6 pp
Work from home7.5% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 3,342 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% 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.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,287± 838 MOE
Workers age 16+3,342± 564 MOE
Workers with travel time3,090± 530 MOE
Estimated home workers252± 127 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.