Swain County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Swain County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Swain County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 146 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 20% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.

Swain 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 Swain County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,812 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)
Swain County	17.5 min	35.1 min	146 hrs/yr	$4,530	599
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 17.5 minutes to get to work in Swain County. That's 22% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 95% of counties in North Carolina

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

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 5.4% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 90.1%
• Worked at Home: 5.4%
• Other: 1.9%
• Public Transportation: 1.3%
• Walked: 1.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

How does Swain County's commute time compare?

Metric	Swain County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.5 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.4%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.3%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Swain County is 17.5 minutes, shorter than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

1.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau