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Commute Time Burden in Bladen County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bladen County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.

Bladen County holds about 0.3% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bladen County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,447 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)
Bladen County 23.7 min 47.4 min 197 hrs/yr $6,118 883
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)

Compare commute times among different counties

Bladen County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.7 minutes to get to work in Bladen County. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 72% of counties in North Carolina

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bladen County

  • Car: 90.5%
  • Worked at Home: 8.1%
  • Walked: 1.2%
  • Other: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Bladen County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.

Commute Mode Trends in Bladen County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bladen 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 Walked Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 94.0% 2.7% 2.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2010 94.4% 2.8% 2.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2011 95.4% 2.3% 1.8% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2012 94.9% 1.7% 2.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2013 95.4% 2.3% 2.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 94.7% 2.2% 2.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 95.2% 1.8% 2.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 94.2% 2.1% 2.4% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2017 95.6% 2.8% 0.8% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 95.0% 2.4% 1.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 95.2% 2.6% 1.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 93.3% 4.1% 2.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 91.0% 5.8% 3.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 91.3% 5.4% 3.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 92.2% 6.2% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.5% 8.1% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 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 2017 at 95.6%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 90.5% in 2024, down 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bladen County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 8.1% in 2024, up 5.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Bladen County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among North Carolina's 100 counties: 57.5% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bladen County?

The bars show when commuters in Bladen 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
5.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
22.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Bladen County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 15.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Carolina: 57.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.5%) 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 Bladen 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 Bladen 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 Bladen 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 Bladen County North Carolina United States
2009 7:21 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:13 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:14 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:15 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:20 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:20 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:17 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:13 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:12 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:11 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:16 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:18 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:15 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:15 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bladen County were on the road by 7:15 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:21 AM). That goes against the trend across North Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Bladen County now leave 23 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bladen County has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Bladen County's commute time compare?

Metric Bladen County North Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.7 min 21.9 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 8.1% 16.3% 15.0%
Walked 1.2% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Bladen County is 23.7 minutes, longer than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bladen County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Bladen County, NC is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 29,571 residents against a local median of 116,854. Bladen County, NC's work from home, at 8.1%, runs 49% above the 5.4% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 10.5% on work from home, so Bladen County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bladen County, NC has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Bladen County, NC 29,571 23.7 min #5/6 8.1% #2/6 7:15 AM #1/6
Columbus County, NC 50,166 25.4 min 5.4% 7:30 AM
Sampson County, NC 59,467 22.5 min 4.9% 7:22 AM
Cumberland County, NC 338,542 18.7 min 7.7% 7:27 AM
Robeson County, NC 116,854 21.4 min 4.2% 7:24 AM
Brunswick County, NC 152,554 22.1 min 14.7% 7:30 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bladen County, North Carolina.

Is living in Bladen County, North Carolina good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,118 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Bladen County, North Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bladen County, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Bladen 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in North Carolina?

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).