Commuting in Holly Springs, 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 Holly Springs: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Holly Springs spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 252 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 38% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 8.4 minutes.
Holly Springs holds about 0.3% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Holly Springs would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,121 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)
Holly Springs
30.2 min
60.4 min
252 hrs/yr
$7,803
2,693
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.
Holly Springs Commute Map
On average, it takes
30.2
minutes to get to work in
Holly Springs.
That's 35% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 31.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Holly Springs
Car:
65.7%
Worked at Home:
31.8%
Walked:
1.2%
Other:
0.8%
Taxi:
0.3%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Holly Springs: 140050306070.9 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Holly Springs: 11.0 times less than the North Carolina average (0.1% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Holly Springs, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Holly Springs 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
Taxi
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
90.2%
6.9%
0.6%
1.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2010
91.2%
6.3%
0.4%
1.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
91.8%
6.8%
0.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
90.6%
7.5%
0.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
90.3%
7.4%
0.4%
1.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
91.6%
6.6%
0.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
90.9%
7.0%
0.6%
1.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
90.1%
7.4%
0.4%
1.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
89.7%
8.2%
0.4%
1.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
89.5%
8.4%
0.7%
1.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
88.1%
10.2%
0.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
85.3%
13.3%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
80.4%
17.8%
1.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
74.0%
23.3%
1.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
68.7%
28.7%
1.3%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
65.7%
31.8%
1.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 91.8%. Overall it fell from 90.2% in 2009 to 65.7% in 2024, down 24.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Holly Springs: its share of workers rose from 6.9% in 2009 to 31.8% in 2024, up 24.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 21.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Holly Springs
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Holly Springs?
The bars show when commuters in Holly Springs 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
12:00-4:59 AMHolly Springs3.7%North Carolina4.4%
3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHolly Springs1.2%North Carolina3.5%
1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHolly Springs1.3%North Carolina4.6%
1.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHolly Springs5.9%North Carolina9.0%
5.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHolly Springs12.1%North Carolina10.2%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHolly Springs16.3%North Carolina15.3%
16.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHolly Springs15.1%North Carolina12.8%
15.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHolly Springs16.8%North Carolina11.7%
16.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHolly Springs6.1%North Carolina5.4%
6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHolly Springs6.3%North Carolina6.4%
6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHolly Springs3.9%North Carolina2.8%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHolly Springs1.5%North Carolina1.4%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHolly Springs4.9%North Carolina6.3%
4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHolly Springs4.9%North Carolina6.4%
4.9%
Holly SpringsNorth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Holly Springs is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 16.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across North Carolina. Early starts are less common than in North Carolina: 6.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Carolina: 60.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.5%) 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 Holly Springs, 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 Holly Springs 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 Holly Springs 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
Holly Springs
North Carolina
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:30 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:49 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Holly Springs were on the road by 7:49 AM, 20 minutes later than in 2009 (7:29 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Carolina, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Holly Springs now leave 11 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Holly Springs has moved 3 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Holly Springs in the whole series.
How does Holly Springs's commute time compare?
Metric
Holly Springs
North Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.2 min
21.9 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 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
31.8%
16.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Holly Springs is 30.2 minutes, longer than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.
Holly Springs, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Cities
Holly Springs, NC is the 3rd largest of the 5 cities compared here, 29,205 residents against a local median of 36,272. Holly Springs, NC's one-way commute, at 30.2 min, runs 37% above the 22.1 min typical of the cities around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The cities themselves spread 12.3 min on one-way commute, so Holly Springs, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Holly Springs, NC has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 5 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Holly Springs, North Carolina.
Is living in Holly Springs, North Carolina good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 252 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,803 at a typical national wage. That's 38% more than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Holly Springs, North Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Holly Springs, North Carolina?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in North Carolina, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How much money can remote workers save in Holly Springs, North Carolina?
About 31.8% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Holly Springs would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,121 at the same national wage assumption used above.