Greene County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Greene County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Greene County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 193 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 6% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.

Greene County holds about 0.2% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Greene County would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,398 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)
Greene County	23.2 min	46.4 min	193 hrs/yr	$5,994	1,068
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 23.2 minutes to get to work in Greene County. That's 3% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

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 3.7% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 95.7%
• Worked at Home: 3.7% unusually low
• Walked: 0.6%
• Other: < 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Greene County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.

Public Transportation commuting is essentially absent in Greene County, versus 0.7% in North Carolina.

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Greene County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Greene County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.

Worked at Home commuting is unusually low in Greene County: 3.9 times less than the North Carolina average (3.7% vs 14.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Greene County: just 0.6%, 3.2 times below the North Carolina average of 1.8%.

How does Greene County's commute time compare?

Metric	Greene County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.2 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	3.7%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Greene County is 23.2 minutes, longer than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

0.0% 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