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Table Data - Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Watauga County, NC

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Watauga County, NC
Series ID B080ACS037189
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Mean Commute Time (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Minutes
Date Range 2009-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-12-07 11:23 AM CST
Notes Mean commuting time is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers (in minutes) by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute (ACS 5-year variables B08013_001E from table B08013 and B08012_001E from table B08012, respectively).

Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification.
DATE VALUE
2009-01-01 18.692138820122377
2010-01-01 18.556142893682328
2011-01-01 17.968953822071484
2012-01-01 18.564808799965355
2013-01-01 18.545600642828447
2014-01-01 19.108593317334318
2015-01-01 19.544307347167695
2016-01-01 19.752493882928665
2017-01-01 19.964385187890965
2018-01-01 20.241454030867200
2019-01-01 20.534418725168422
2020-01-01 20.537681890823450
2021-01-01 20.689768112144634
2022-01-01 20.046743129192816

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