Commuting in Yadkin 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 Yadkin County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Yadkin 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 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.
Yadkin County holds about 0.4% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Yadkin County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,674 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)
Yadkin County
25.9 min
51.7 min
216 hrs/yr
$6,684
1,903
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
25.9
minutes to get to work in
Yadkin County.
That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 79% 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. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Yadkin County
Car:
91.6%
Worked at Home:
5.6%
Walked:
1.1%
Other:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Yadkin County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Yadkin 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
95.1%
1.8%
1.2%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
95.5%
2.1%
0.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
95.1%
2.7%
0.6%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2012
94.9%
2.6%
0.7%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2013
94.0%
2.7%
1.1%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2014
95.8%
2.5%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
2015
94.4%
3.4%
1.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2016
93.9%
3.8%
1.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2017
93.6%
4.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
2018
93.5%
4.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
2019
92.9%
5.1%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2020
93.9%
4.4%
1.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2021
93.0%
4.5%
1.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.7%
2022
92.6%
4.3%
1.6%
0.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
91.4%
5.8%
1.3%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
91.6%
5.6%
1.1%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2014 at 95.8% and lowest in 2023 at 91.4%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 91.6% in 2024, down 3.5 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Yadkin County: its share of workers rose from 1.8% in 2009 to 5.6% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points.
Commute Start Times in Yadkin County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Yadkin County?
The bars show when commuters in Yadkin 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 AMYadkin County5.3%North Carolina4.4%
5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMYadkin County3.8%North Carolina3.5%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMYadkin County3.7%North Carolina4.6%
3.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMYadkin County9.7%North Carolina9.0%
9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMYadkin County11.0%North Carolina10.2%
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMYadkin County19.9%North Carolina15.3%
19.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMYadkin County14.3%North Carolina12.8%
14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMYadkin County8.5%North Carolina11.7%
8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMYadkin County3.3%North Carolina5.4%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMYadkin County3.7%North Carolina6.4%
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMYadkin County1.2%North Carolina2.8%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMYadkin County0.9%North Carolina1.4%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMYadkin County6.9%North Carolina6.3%
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMYadkin County7.8%North Carolina6.4%
7.8%
Yadkin CountyNorth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Yadkin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are about as common as in North Carolina: 12.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Carolina: 53.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.4%) 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 Yadkin 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 Yadkin 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 Yadkin 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
Yadkin County
North Carolina
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Yadkin County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). North Carolina followed the same path, with the typical start moving 1 minute later. Commuters in Yadkin County now leave 13 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 Yadkin County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Yadkin County's commute time compare?
Metric
Yadkin County
North Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.9 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
5.6%
16.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Yadkin County is 25.9 minutes, longer than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.
0.4% 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.
Yadkin County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Yadkin County, NC is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 37,554 residents against a local median of 71,374. Where Yadkin County, NC breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 37% below the local median of 8.8% at 5.6%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 25.9 min against a local median of 21.1 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 Yadkin County, NC at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.9% on work from home, so Yadkin County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Yadkin County, NC has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Yadkin County, North Carolina.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Yadkin County, North Carolina?
Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,684 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Yadkin County, North Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Yadkin County, 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.
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).