Cabarrus County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Cabarrus County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cabarrus County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 214 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting.

That is 18% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

Cabarrus County holds about 2.2% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 2.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cabarrus County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,655 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)
Cabarrus County	25.7 min	51.4 min	214 hrs/yr	$6,638	2,956
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

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On average, it takes 25.7 minutes to get to work in Cabarrus County. That's 14% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 81% of counties in North Carolina

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 15.8% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 81.6%
• Worked at Home: 15.8%
• Other: 1.2%
• Walked: 0.6%
• Public Transportation: 0.6%
• Taxi: 0.2%
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Cabarrus County: 3.7 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

How does Cabarrus County's commute time compare?

Metric	Cabarrus County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.7 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	15.8%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Cabarrus County is 25.7 minutes, longer than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau