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Tyrrell County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Tyrrell County spend about 67 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 280 hours, about 11.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 54% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 11.7 minutes.

Tyrrell County holds about 0.0% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Tyrrell County would save about 112 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,468 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)
Tyrrell County 33.6 min 67.1 min 280 hrs/yr $8,670 120
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.

Commute Time Map: North Carolina Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in North Carolina
  1. Macon County (17.2 min)
  2. Watauga County (17.2 min)
  3. Dare County (17.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in North Carolina
  1. Gates County (35.9 min)
  2. Currituck County (33.9 min)
  3. Tyrrell County (33.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Tyrrell County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 33.6 minutes to get to work in Tyrrell County. That's 50% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in North Carolina

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Tyrrell County

  • Car: 91.0%
  • Worked at Home: 8.5%
  • Walked: 0.4% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Tyrrell County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.

Walking is unusually rare in Tyrrell County: 3.8 times less than the North Carolina average (0.4% vs 1.6%).

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Tyrrell County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.

Few people walk or bike to work in Tyrrell County: just 0.4%, 4.2 times below the North Carolina average of 1.8%.

Commute Mode Trends in Tyrrell County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Tyrrell 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 Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other
2009 94.7% 3.2% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2010 95.1% 3.4% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 90.3% 2.6% 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 91.1% 1.7% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 89.6% 1.9% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 89.7% 0.9% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 88.3% 1.8% 9.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 96.5% 1.7% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 97.4% 1.5% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 96.3% 1.4% 2.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 96.2% 1.9% 1.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 94.6% 3.9% 1.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 91.1% 7.7% 0.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 90.3% 8.4% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 90.5% 8.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 91.0% 8.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 97.4% and lowest in 2015 at 88.3%. Overall it fell from 94.7% in 2009 to 91.0% in 2024, down 3.7 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Tyrrell County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 8.5% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.4% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Tyrrell County

  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among North Carolina's 100 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:58 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among North Carolina's 100 counties: only 41.5% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tyrrell County?

The bars show when commuters in Tyrrell 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.

12:00-4:59 AM
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
10.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
20.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
3.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
0.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
7.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Tyrrell County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 20.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 22.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in North Carolina: 41.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.5%) 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 Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell County North Carolina United States
2009 7:07 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:14 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:08 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:58 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:59 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:01 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:15 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:18 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:30 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:16 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:58 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Tyrrell County were on the road by 6:58 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:07 AM). That goes against the trend across North Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Tyrrell County now leave 40 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 Tyrrell County has moved 29 minutes earlier.

How does Tyrrell County's commute time compare?

Metric Tyrrell County North Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 33.6 min 21.9 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 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 8.5% 16.3% 15.0%
Walked 0.4% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Tyrrell County is 33.6 minutes, longer than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Tyrrell County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Tyrrell County, NC is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,423 residents against a local median of 10,925. The measure that sets Tyrrell County, NC apart most is one-way commute: 33.6 min, 57% above the local median of 21.4 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 8.5 min on one-way commute, so Tyrrell County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Tyrrell County, NC has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Tyrrell County, NC 3,423 33.6 min #6/6 8.5% #3/6 6:58 AM #1/6
Perquimans County, NC 13,244 27.1 min 7.2% 7:07 AM
Washington County, NC 10,812 21.4 min 8.1% 7:28 AM
Pasquotank County, NC 40,823 18.6 min 9.9% 7:28 AM
Hyde County, NC 4,592 20.2 min 0.8% 7:32 AM
Camden County, NC 10,925 25.3 min 11.2% 7:25 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Tyrrell County, North Carolina.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 280 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,670 at a typical national wage. That's 54% more than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Tyrrell County, 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.

How common is public transit use in Tyrrell County, 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.

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).