Mean Commute Time in Rutherford County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Mean Commute Time Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Commute Change
National Distribution
How Rutherford County's mean commute time of 28.8 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 Rutherford County for mean commute time.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,093 | Ripley County, IN | 28.8 min |
| #1,094 | Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR | 28.8 min |
| #1,095 | Johnson County, NE | 28.8 min |
| #1,096 | Rutherford County, NC | 28.8 min |
| #1,097 | Bedford County, PA | 28.8 min |
| #1,098 | Oneida County, ID | 28.7 min |
| #1,099 | Mineral County, WV | 28.7 min |
About Mean Commute Time
Rutherford County, North Carolina has a mean commute time of 28.8 min, ranking #1,096 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 4.2% above the national value of 27.6 min. Within North Carolina, it ranks #41 of 100. This places it in the 66th 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.