Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Chesterfield County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 82.4% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.5 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home2.5%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone82.4%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 Chesterfield County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 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 Chesterfield County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.4%; 0.7% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 18,035 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Chesterfield County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 51th 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 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Chesterfield County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 18,035 workers age 16+, including 17,589 workers with reported travel time and 446 home workers.
Population estimate43,784± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,035± 661 MOE
Workers with travel time17,589± 661 MOE
Estimated home workers446± 126 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 Chesterfield County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.