Franklin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Franklin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Franklin County spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 270 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting.

That is 49% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.6 minutes.

Franklin County holds about 0.7% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Franklin County would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,351 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)
Franklin County	32.4 min	64.9 min	270 hrs/yr	$8,377	1,435
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 32.4 minutes to get to work in Franklin County. That's 44% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in North Carolina

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 10.3% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 88.6%
• Worked at Home: 10.3%
• Walked: 0.5% unusually low
• Other: 0.4%
• Public Transportation: 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Franklin County: 6.9 times less than the North Carolina average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Walked commuting is unusually low in Franklin County: 3.1 times less than the North Carolina average (0.5% vs 1.6%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Franklin County: 6.6 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Franklin County: 9.0 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Franklin County: just 0.5%, 3.3 times below the North Carolina average of 1.8%.

How does Franklin County's commute time compare?

Metric	Franklin County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	32.4 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.3%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Franklin County is 32.4 minutes, longer than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau