Mean Commute Time in Wake County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Mean Commute Time Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Commute Change
National Distribution
How Wake County's mean commute time of 27.6 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 Wake County for mean commute time.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,355 | Meeker County, MN | 27.6 min |
| #1,356 | Marshall County, OK | 27.6 min |
| #1,357 | Warren County, OH | 27.6 min |
| #1,358 | Wake County, NC | 27.6 min |
| #1,359 | Ashe County, NC | 27.5 min |
| #1,360 | Orange County, IN | 27.5 min |
| #1,361 | Wyoming County, NY | 27.5 min |
About Mean Commute Time
Wake County, North Carolina has a mean commute time of 27.6 min, ranking #1,358 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.2% below the national value of 27.6 min. Within North Carolina, it ranks #57 of 100. This places it in the 58th 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.