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Commute Time Burden in Bertie County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bertie County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 181 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Bertie County holds about 0.2% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bertie County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,241 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Bertie County 21.7 min 43.4 min 181 hrs/yr $5,602 513
North Carolina 21.9 min 43.7 min 182 hrs/yr $5,645 1,609
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: North Carolina Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in North Carolina
  1. Macon County (17.2 min)
  2. Watauga County (17.2 min)
  3. Dare County (17.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in North Carolina
  1. Gates County (35.9 min)
  2. Currituck County (33.9 min)
  3. Tyrrell County (33.6 min)

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Bertie County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.7 minutes to get to work in Bertie County. That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bertie County

  • Car: 90.6%
  • Worked at Home: 4.3% unusually low
  • Other: 2.6%
  • Walked: 2.1%
  • Bicycle: 0.4%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Bertie County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.

Public transit is essentially absent in Bertie County, versus 0.7% in North Carolina.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bertie County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.

Working from home is unusually rare in Bertie County: 3.8 times less than the North Carolina average (4.3% vs 16.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Bertie County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bertie County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Other Walked Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 91.8% 3.4% 1.6% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 91.4% 3.2% 2.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 91.7% 2.7% 2.3% 3.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.2% 3.0% 1.2% 2.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.2% 2.5% 0.8% 2.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 95.7% 2.2% 0.6% 1.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.6% 2.5% 1.5% 1.7% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 92.5% 2.3% 1.9% 2.3% 0.1% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 92.3% 3.1% 1.6% 2.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0%
2018 92.8% 3.4% 1.0% 1.7% 0.0% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2019 92.9% 3.5% 0.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0%
2020 92.6% 2.1% 2.2% 1.4% 0.0% 1.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 95.0% 1.6% 1.9% 0.8% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 93.2% 2.6% 2.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 91.5% 3.7% 2.3% 1.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.6% 4.3% 2.6% 2.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 95.7%. Overall it fell from 91.8% in 2009 to 90.6% in 2024, down 1.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bertie County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 4.3% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 2.1% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 1.5% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Bertie County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bertie County?

The bars show when commuters in Bertie County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show North Carolina for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
14.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
9.5%

Bertie County North Carolina Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bertie County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush looks much like North Carolina's: 51.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.1%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Bertie County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Bertie County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Bertie County next to North Carolina and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Bertie County North Carolina United States
2009 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:22 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:21 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:31 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:34 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:40 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bertie County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Carolina, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Bertie County now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bertie County has moved 21 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Bertie County in the whole series.

How does Bertie County's commute time compare?

Metric Bertie County North Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.7 min 21.9 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 4.3% 16.3% 15.0%
Walked 2.1% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Bertie County is about the same as in North Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bertie County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Bertie County, NC is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,166 residents against a local median of 13,836. Where Bertie County, NC breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 22% below the local median of 5.5% at 4.3%.

The counties themselves spread 3.8% on work from home, so Bertie County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bertie County, NC has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Bertie County, NC 17,166 21.7 min #4/6 4.3% #6/6 7:40 AM #6/6
Martin County, NC 21,644 23.5 min 5.5% 7:35 AM
Hertford County, NC 19,906 20.9 min 4.3% 7:17 AM
Chowan County, NC 13,836 20.7 min 8.0% 7:26 AM
Washington County, NC 10,812 21.4 min 8.1% 7:28 AM
Gates County, NC 10,369 35.9 min 4.5% 6:46 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bertie County, North Carolina.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Bertie County, North Carolina?

Commuters here spend an estimated 181 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,602 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Bertie County, North Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Bertie County, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Bertie County, North Carolina?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in North Carolina, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in North Carolina have the fastest and slowest commutes?

Among counties in North Carolina, the shortest average commutes are in Macon County (17.2 min), Watauga County (17.2 min), Dare County (17.4 min). The longest are in Gates County (35.9 min), Currituck County (33.9 min), Tyrrell County (33.6 min).