Forsyth County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Forsyth County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Forsyth 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 169 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting.

That is 7% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.

Forsyth County holds about 3.6% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 3.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Forsyth County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,096 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)
Forsyth County	20.3 min	40.6 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,241	2,000
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 20.3 minutes to get to work in Forsyth County. That's 10% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

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

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 12.6% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 83.7%
• Worked at Home: 12.6%
• Walked: 1.5%
• Other: 1.0%
• Public Transportation: 0.8%
• Bicycle: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1%

How does Forsyth County's commute time compare?

Metric	Forsyth County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.3 min	21.8 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.6%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Forsyth County is 20.3 minutes, shorter than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau