How long is the commute in Winston-Salem?

Average travel time to work in Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.1 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 73.2
• Carpooled: 9.5
• Transit: 1.2
• Walked: 2
• From home: 12.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Winston-Salem: 19.1
• Forsyth County: 20
• NC: 21.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 12.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.9 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 4.6% of workers in 2015 to 12.3% in the latest estimates.