Commuting in Warren 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 Warren County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Warren County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 217 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.
Warren County 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 Warren County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,687 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)
Warren County
26.0 min
52.0 min
217 hrs/yr
$6,718
520
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
26.0
minutes to get to work in
Warren County.
That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 80% of counties in North Carolina
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Warren County
Car:
85.6%
Worked at Home:
11.0%
Other:
1.7%
Walked:
1.1%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Warren County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Warren County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.
Biking is essentially absent in Warren County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.
Commute Mode Trends in Warren County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Warren 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
92.5%
4.0%
0.5%
2.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
94.0%
3.0%
0.4%
2.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
93.7%
3.4%
0.3%
2.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
94.5%
4.1%
0.1%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
94.2%
4.2%
0.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
95.4%
3.5%
0.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
94.8%
4.1%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
95.0%
2.8%
0.7%
1.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
94.5%
3.6%
0.5%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
94.3%
2.8%
1.0%
1.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2019
94.3%
2.6%
0.9%
1.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
93.9%
2.4%
1.1%
2.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
92.5%
3.9%
1.4%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
89.4%
6.7%
1.7%
2.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
88.1%
8.9%
1.4%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.6%
11.0%
1.7%
1.1%
0.5%
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 peaked in 2014 at 95.4%. Overall it fell from 92.5% in 2009 to 85.6% in 2024, down 6.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Warren County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 11.0% in 2024, up 7.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 1.1% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Warren County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Warren County?
The bars show when commuters in Warren 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
12:00-4:59 AMWarren County5.2%North Carolina4.4%
5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWarren County4.9%North Carolina3.5%
4.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWarren County6.9%North Carolina4.6%
6.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWarren County11.0%North Carolina9.0%
11.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWarren County12.8%North Carolina10.2%
12.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWarren County13.6%North Carolina15.3%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWarren County9.3%North Carolina12.8%
9.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWarren County9.2%North Carolina11.7%
9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWarren County4.7%North Carolina5.4%
4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWarren County3.1%North Carolina6.4%
3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWarren County2.1%North Carolina2.8%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWarren County1.0%North Carolina1.4%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWarren County7.4%North Carolina6.3%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWarren County8.7%North Carolina6.4%
8.7%
Warren CountyNorth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Warren County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 17.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in North Carolina: 45.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.3%) 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 Warren 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 Warren 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 Warren 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
Warren County
North Carolina
United States
2009
7:10 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:13 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:24 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Warren County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:10 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Carolina, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Warren County now leave 18 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 Warren County has moved 10 minutes earlier.
How does Warren County's commute time compare?
Metric
Warren County
North Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.0 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.0%
16.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Warren County is 26.0 minutes, longer than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.
0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.
Warren County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Warren County, NC is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,783 residents against a local median of 42,305. The measure that sets Warren County, NC apart most is work from home: 11.0%, 25% above the local median of 8.8%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 26.0 min against a local median of 21.2 min, 23% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 23% above the local median it puts Warren County, NC at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.6% on work from home, so Warren County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Warren County, NC has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Warren County, North Carolina.
Is commuting expensive in Warren County, North Carolina?
Commuters here spend an estimated 217 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,718 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Warren County, North Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Warren County, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in North Carolina have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).