Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450092024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bamberg County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 15.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.0 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.1%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Bamberg County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Bamberg County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,635 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bamberg County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bamberg County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,635 workers age 16+, including 4,301 workers with reported travel time and 334 home workers.
Population estimate13,042± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,635± 383 MOE
Workers with travel time4,301± 380 MOE
Estimated home workers334± 154 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All South Carolina reports →Comparable South Carolina commute records for Bamberg County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.