How long is the commute in Durham?

Average travel time to work in Durham, 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 Durham gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.0 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 65.2
• Carpooled: 8
• Transit: 2.2
• Walked: 2.3
• From home: 20.6

Average commute (minutes)

• Durham: 18
• Durham County: 18.3
• NC: 21.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 20.6% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.9 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 4.7% of workers in 2015 to 20.6% in the latest estimates.