Buncombe County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Buncombe County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Buncombe County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 170 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 6% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

Buncombe County holds about 2.5% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 2.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Buncombe County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,113 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)
Buncombe County	20.4 min	40.9 min	170 hrs/yr	$5,282	1,886
North Carolina	21.8 min	43.6 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,630	1,609
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

Compare commute times among different counties

On average, it takes 20.4 minutes to get to work in Buncombe County. That's 9% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 16.2% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 79.5%
• Worked at Home: 16.2%
• Walked: 2.1%
• Public Transportation: 0.8%
• Other: 0.8%
• Taxi: 0.4%
• Bicycle: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: 0.1%

How does Buncombe County's commute time compare?

Metric	Buncombe County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.4 min	21.8 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 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	16.2%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Buncombe County is 20.4 minutes, shorter than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

0.8% commute by public transit, higher 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