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Commuting in Thomasville, 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 Thomasville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Thomasville spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.1 minutes.

Thomasville 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 Thomasville would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,836 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)
Thomasville 17.8 min 35.5 min 148 hrs/yr $4,591 2,307
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.

Thomasville Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.8 minutes to get to work in Thomasville. That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Thomasville

  • Car: 88.6%
  • Worked at Home: 9.7%
  • Walked: 1.0%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Thomasville: 36340947.8 times less than the North Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Thomasville, versus 0.7% in North Carolina.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Thomasville, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.

Commute Mode Trends in Thomasville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Thomasville 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 Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 97.0% 1.3% 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 96.9% 1.1% 0.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 95.3% 1.7% 1.3% 1.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 94.8% 2.0% 2.3% 0.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.0% 1.9% 3.0% 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.5% 2.6% 3.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 92.9% 3.4% 3.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 95.8% 2.4% 1.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 95.9% 1.9% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.3%
2018 95.2% 2.1% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2019 96.0% 2.1% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3%
2020 94.2% 3.8% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.4%
2021 92.9% 4.8% 0.8% 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.5%
2022 91.8% 6.0% 1.3% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 90.7% 8.0% 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 88.6% 9.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 97.0% in 2009 to 88.6% in 2024, down 8.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Thomasville: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 9.7% in 2024, up 8.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 3.1% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 1.0%.

Commute Start Times in Thomasville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Thomasville?

The bars show when commuters in Thomasville 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
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.3%

Thomasville North Carolina Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Thomasville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 16.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in North Carolina: 43.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.2%) 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 Thomasville, 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 Thomasville 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 Thomasville 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 Thomasville North Carolina United States
2009 7:28 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:24 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:30 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:18 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:20 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Thomasville were on the road by 7:27 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across North Carolina, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Thomasville now leave 11 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Thomasville has moved 9 minutes later.

How does Thomasville's commute time compare?

Metric Thomasville North Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.8 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.7% 16.3% 15.0%
Walked 1.0% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Thomasville is 17.8 minutes, shorter than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Thomasville, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Thomasville, NC compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Thomasville, NC 22,437 17.8 min #2/2 9.7% #2/2 7:27 AM #1/2
High Point, NC 103,810 17.7 min 10.1% 7:51 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Thomasville, North Carolina.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Thomasville, North Carolina?

Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,591 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Thomasville, North Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Thomasville, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Thomasville, North Carolina?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in North Carolina, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.