Mean Commute Time in Burke County, NC

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

25.5 min Rank #1,816/3,222 · #78 in NC
44th
Burke 25.5 min
NC 27.5 min -7.0%
US 27.6 min -7.4%

Mean Commute Time Trend

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National Distribution

How Burke County's mean commute time of 25.5 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 Burke County for mean commute time.

Nearby Rankings

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#1,813 Jones County, MS 25.6 min
#1,814 Greenville County, SC 25.6 min
#1,815 Forest County, PA 25.6 min
#1,816 Burke County, NC 25.5 min
#1,817 Decatur County, IN 25.5 min
#1,818 Lincoln County, CO 25.5 min
#1,819 Latimer County, OK 25.5 min

About Mean Commute Time

Burke County, North Carolina has a mean commute time of 25.5 min, ranking #1,816 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.4% below the national value of 27.6 min. Within North Carolina, it ranks #78 of 100. This places it in the 44th 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.