Mean Commute Time in Polk County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Polk County Compares
National Distribution
Where Polk County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.
■ Polk County: 31.3 min
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #685 | Burke County, GA | 31.3 min |
| #686 | Armstrong County, PA | 31.3 min |
| #687 | Lee County, SC | 31.3 min |
| #688 | Polk County, NC | 31.3 min |
| #689 | McHenry County, ND | 31.3 min |
| #690 | Oxford County, ME | 31.3 min |
| #691 | Livingston County, KY | 31.2 min |
Mean Commute Time in Polk County, North Carolina
Polk County, North Carolina has a mean commute time of 31.3 min, which ranks #688 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 13.4% above the national value of 27.6 min.
Within North Carolina, Polk County ranks #23 of 100 out of 100 counties. This places it in the 79th percentile nationally.
Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.