Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Shortest commutes in North Carolina

Lowest mean one-way commute time, in minutes. Walkable urban cores and live-near-work tracts cluster at the top. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	short commute
#1	Tract 9802	Cumberland, NC	5.6 min
#2	Tract 34.09	Cumberland, NC	6.2 min
#3	Tract 34.04	Cumberland, NC	6.3 min
#4	Tract 5	Wayne, NC	6.8 min
#5	Tract 6	Onslow, NC	6.8 min
#6	Tract 5	Onslow, NC	6.9 min
#7	Tract 34.10	Cumberland, NC	6.9 min
#8	Tract 34.03	Cumberland, NC	8.4 min
#9	Tract 10	Onslow, NC	8.7 min
#10	Tract 34.08	Cumberland, NC	10.1 min
#11	Tract 15.03	Durham, NC	10.4 min
#12	Tract 1.02	Pitt, NC	11.0 min
#13	Tract 104.04	Guilford, NC	11.1 min
#14	Tract 2.01	Pitt, NC	11.2 min
#15	Tract 9612.02	Craven, NC	11.5 min
#16	Tract 15.01	Durham, NC	11.8 min
#17	Tract 9205	Watauga, NC	12.1 min
#18	Tract 1.01	Pitt, NC	12.1 min
#19	Tract 9	Forsyth, NC	12.2 min
#20	Tract 9512	Cleveland, NC	12.5 min
#21	Tract 9401	Swain, NC	12.5 min
#22	Tract 9705.01	Macon, NC	12.6 min
#23	Tract 1	Buncombe, NC	12.7 min
#24	Tract 9704.03	Carteret, NC	12.7 min
#25	Tract 2	Forsyth, NC	12.8 min
#26	Tract 34.01	Cumberland, NC	12.9 min
#27	Tract 319.01	Gaston, NC	13.1 min
#28	Tract 9.02	Onslow, NC	13.4 min
#29	Tract 25.01	Forsyth, NC	13.4 min
#30	Tract 9	Buncombe, NC	13.4 min
#31	Tract 19.02	Forsyth, NC	13.4 min
#32	Tract 119.06	New Hanover, NC	13.5 min
#33	Tract 7.01	Pitt, NC	13.7 min
#34	Tract 111	New Hanover, NC	13.7 min
#35	Tract 136.01	Guilford, NC	13.8 min
#36	Tract 8.01	Wilson, NC	13.9 min
#37	Tract 110	New Hanover, NC	14.0 min
#38	Tract 4	Buncombe, NC	14.0 min
#39	Tract 11	Forsyth, NC	14.1 min
#40	Tract 116.02	Orange, NC	14.1 min
#41	Tract 106.01	Guilford, NC	14.1 min
#42	Tract 105.03	New Hanover, NC	14.1 min
#43	Tract 110	Guilford, NC	14.2 min
#44	Tract 102	New Hanover, NC	14.3 min
#45	Tract 3	Buncombe, NC	14.3 min
#46	Tract 606.01	Iredell, NC	14.3 min
#47	Tract 9310	Henderson, NC	14.3 min
#48	Tract 3.02	Forsyth, NC	14.4 min
#49	Tract 35	Mecklenburg, NC	14.4 min
#50	Tract 9606	Craven, NC	14.4 min
#51	Tract 112	New Hanover, NC	14.5 min
#52	Tract 104	Lenoir, NC	14.5 min
#53	Tract 9612.01	Craven, NC	14.6 min
#54	Tract 9304	Surry, NC	14.7 min
#55	Tract 202	Edgecombe, NC	14.7 min
#56	Tract 119.04	New Hanover, NC	14.7 min
#57	Tract 22	Forsyth, NC	14.7 min
#58	Tract 7.02	Wilson, NC	14.8 min
#59	Tract 9703.05	Carteret, NC	14.8 min
#60	Tract 9603.01	Transylvania, NC	14.9 min
#61	Tract 105.04	New Hanover, NC	14.9 min
#62	Tract 7	Onslow, NC	15.0 min
#63	Tract 517	Wake, NC	15.0 min
#64	Tract 12	Forsyth, NC	15.3 min
#65	Tract 303.02	Randolph, NC	15.3 min
#66	Tract 6	Buncombe, NC	15.5 min
#67	Tract 511.02	Wake, NC	15.6 min
#68	Tract 9303	Beaufort, NC	15.6 min
#69	Tract 5	Buncombe, NC	15.6 min
#70	Tract 116.01	Orange, NC	15.6 min
#71	Tract 1	Forsyth, NC	15.7 min
#72	Tract 9207.03	Watauga, NC	15.7 min
#73	Tract 38	Cumberland, NC	15.7 min
#74	Tract 7	Forsyth, NC	15.7 min
#75	Tract 9603.02	Transylvania, NC	15.7 min
#76	Tract 165.05	Guilford, NC	15.8 min
#77	Tract 9305.02	Cherokee, NC	15.8 min
#78	Tract 9206.02	Haywood, NC	15.8 min
#79	Tract 7.02	Pitt, NC	15.9 min
#80	Tract 125.11	Guilford, NC	15.9 min
#81	Tract 210	Edgecombe, NC	16.0 min
#82	Tract 9402	Jackson, NC	16.0 min
#83	Tract 214	Burke, NC	16.0 min
#84	Tract 10	Forsyth, NC	16.0 min
#85	Tract 504	Rowan, NC	16.0 min
#86	Tract 145.01	Guilford, NC	16.0 min
#87	Tract 14.01	Wayne, NC	16.1 min
#88	Tract 9607	Craven, NC	16.1 min
#89	Tract 41.01	Mecklenburg, NC	16.1 min
#90	Tract 121.02	Orange, NC	16.1 min
#91	Tract 8	Buncombe, NC	16.1 min
#92	Tract 512	Wake, NC	16.1 min
#93	Tract 9202.01	Haywood, NC	16.2 min
#94	Tract 104	New Hanover, NC	16.2 min
#95	Tract 26	Onslow, NC	16.2 min
#96	Tract 514	Wake, NC	16.2 min
#97	Tract 27.05	Forsyth, NC	16.2 min
#98	Tract 18	Onslow, NC	16.2 min
#99	Tract 3.01	Pitt, NC	16.3 min
#100	Tract 17.01	Cumberland, NC	16.3 min