Kings Mountain, NC is a small city in Cleveland County located about an hour west of Charlotte. Public transportation in the area is limited to taxi and ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft. The Kings Mountain Area Transit covers the local area, providing bus transportation to grocery stores, shopping centers, medical facilities and other locations throughout the county. There are also several churches in the area that offer their own transportation services for those needing rides to Sunday services or other church functions. Other public transportation options include the nearby Catawba Regional Transit Authority which provides bus service to other cities in the Charlotte metropolitan region as well as Amtrak train service from Charlotte and Rock Hill, SC.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Kings Mountain (zip 28086) takes 24.0 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in Kings Mountain (zip 28086) get to work:
- 86.2% drive their own car alone
- 9.7% carpool with others
- 1.8% work from home
- 0.3% take mass transit