Fayetteville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Fayetteville, North Carolina: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Fayetteville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Fayetteville spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Fayetteville holds about 1.9% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Fayetteville would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,770 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)
Fayetteville	17.1 min	34.3 min	143 hrs/yr	$4,425	2,681
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.

Fayetteville Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.1 minutes to get to work in Fayetteville. That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Fayetteville

Walking is unusually common in Fayetteville: 4.3 times more than the North Carolina average (6.9% vs 1.6%).

Fayetteville stands out for active commuting: 7.0% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.0 times the North Carolina average of 1.8%.

Commute Mode Trends in Fayetteville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Fayetteville 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	86.8%	7.5%	3.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	88.2%	6.0%	3.8%	0.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2011	88.6%	4.7%	4.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2012	89.6%	3.6%	4.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
2013	90.1%	3.0%	4.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
2014	90.2%	3.3%	4.4%	0.6%	0.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
2015	90.3%	2.5%	5.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	89.8%	2.9%	5.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	86.9%	3.4%	7.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	86.9%	3.1%	7.8%	1.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2019	86.3%	3.0%	8.2%	1.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	86.0%	4.0%	7.4%	1.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2021	85.9%	4.6%	6.9%	1.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	86.0%	5.2%	6.3%	1.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	84.2%	6.4%	7.2%	1.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	83.5%	7.7%	6.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 90.3%. Overall it fell from 86.8% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Fayetteville: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points.

Walking peaked at 8.2% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 6.9%.

Commute Start Times in Fayetteville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Fayetteville?

The bars show when commuters in Fayetteville 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		5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Fayetteville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 16.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in North Carolina: 46.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.2%) 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 Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville 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	Fayetteville	North Carolina	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:18 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:18 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Fayetteville were on the road by 7:27 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). That goes against the trend across North Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Fayetteville now leave 10 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 Fayetteville has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Fayetteville's commute time compare?

Metric	Fayetteville	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.1 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.7%	16.3%	15.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	0.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Fayetteville is 17.1 minutes, shorter than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 6.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,425 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.

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

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