Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450212024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cherokee County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 84.9% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone84.9%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Cherokee County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 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 Cherokee County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 23,507 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cherokee County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cherokee County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 23,507 workers age 16+, including 22,322 workers with reported travel time and 1,185 home workers.
Population estimate56,647± — MOE
Workers age 16+23,507± 914 MOE
Workers with travel time22,322± 931 MOE
Estimated home workers1,185± 460 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 Cherokee County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.