ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairfield County, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute29.8 min → 30.0 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 6.3%▲ 2.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.4% → 79.8%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.8% ±4.6 pp
Carpool11.0% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.3% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 8,906 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,550± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,906± 468 MOE
Workers with travel time8,341± 519 MOE
Estimated home workers565± 200 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.