Commuting in Pamlico County, 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 Pamlico County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pamlico 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 173 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.
Pamlico County holds about 0.1% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Pamlico County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,142 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)
Pamlico County
20.7 min
41.5 min
173 hrs/yr
$5,355
1,265
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.
On average, it takes
20.7
minutes to get to work in
Pamlico County.
That's 8% 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 11.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pamlico County
Car:
84.6%
Worked at Home:
11.1%
Other:
1.8%
Public Transportation:
1.1%
Motorcycle:
0.7%unusually high
Walked:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Pamlico County: 7.8 times more than the North Carolina average (0.7% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Pamlico County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.
Commute Mode Trends in Pamlico County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pamlico County 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
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Walked
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
91.9%
3.9%
0.7%
0.8%
0.3%
2.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
92.8%
2.8%
1.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2.3%
0.6%
0.0%
2011
93.8%
2.2%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
1.9%
0.4%
0.0%
2012
93.3%
2.2%
2.1%
0.3%
0.1%
1.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
92.9%
2.7%
1.4%
0.0%
0.4%
2.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2014
89.5%
5.0%
1.6%
0.1%
0.3%
2.8%
0.6%
0.0%
2015
90.2%
5.3%
1.8%
0.0%
0.4%
1.9%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
89.1%
6.8%
1.3%
0.3%
0.7%
1.6%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
88.5%
7.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.5%
1.6%
0.5%
0.0%
2018
88.0%
8.3%
1.4%
0.3%
0.2%
1.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2019
91.3%
5.7%
1.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
2020
91.8%
5.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.0%
6.8%
2.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.4%
8.2%
2.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
86.5%
10.7%
1.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
84.6%
11.1%
1.8%
1.1%
0.7%
0.6%
0.2%
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 93.8%. Overall it fell from 91.9% in 2009 to 84.6% in 2024, down 7.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pamlico County: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 11.1% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 0.6% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Public transit overtook walking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Pamlico County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pamlico County?
The bars show when commuters in Pamlico County 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.
Pamlico CountyNorth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pamlico County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are about as common as in North Carolina: 12.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Carolina: 54.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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 Pamlico County, 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 Pamlico County 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 Pamlico County 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
Pamlico County
North Carolina
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:28 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pamlico County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Carolina, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Pamlico County now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Pamlico County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pamlico County
North Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.7 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
11.1%
16.3%
15.0%
Walked
0.6%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pamlico County is 20.7 minutes, shorter than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.
1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.
Pamlico County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pamlico County, NC is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,360 residents against a local median of 44,493. The measure that sets Pamlico County, NC apart most is work from home: 11.1%, 37% above the local median of 8.1%.
The counties themselves spread 11.8% on work from home, so Pamlico County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pamlico County, NC has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pamlico County, North Carolina.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Pamlico County, North Carolina?
Commuters here spend an estimated 173 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,355 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Pamlico County, North Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pamlico County, 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.
How do commute times compare across counties in North Carolina?
Among counties in North Carolina, the shortest average commutes are in Macon County (17.2 min), Watauga County (17.2 min), Dare County (17.4 min). The longest are in Gates County (35.9 min), Currituck County (33.9 min), Tyrrell County (33.6 min).