Mean Commute Time in Buncombe County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Mean Commute Time Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Commute Change
National Distribution
How Buncombe County's mean commute time of 23.5 min compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 3.7 min to 49.1 min.
Distribution of Mean Commute Time Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Buncombe County for mean commute time.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,251 | New Madrid County, MO | 23.5 min |
| #2,252 | Ralls County, MO | 23.5 min |
| #2,253 | Moffat County, CO | 23.5 min |
| #2,254 | Buncombe County, NC | 23.5 min |
| #2,255 | Seneca County, NY | 23.5 min |
| #2,256 | Grant County, IN | 23.5 min |
| #2,257 | Yell County, AR | 23.5 min |
About Mean Commute Time
Buncombe County, North Carolina has a mean commute time of 23.5 min, ranking #2,254 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 14.9% below the national value of 27.6 min. Within North Carolina, it ranks #96 of 100. This places it in the 30th percentile nationally.
Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.