How long is the commute in Charlotte?

Average travel time to work in Charlotte, NC, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Charlotte gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.6 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 61
• Carpooled: 8.1
• Transit: 2.2
• Walked: 1.7
• From home: 25.5

Average commute (minutes)

• Charlotte: 18.6
• Mecklenburg County: 18.9
• NC: 21.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 25.5% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.4 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 5.7% of workers in 2015 to 25.5% in the latest estimates.