ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville County, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute23.6 min → 23.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 14.4%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 74.5%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.5% ±0.9 pp
Carpool7.5% ±0.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.4% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 268,060 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

1thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate548,166± — MOE
Workers age 16+268,060± 2,568 MOE
Workers with travel time229,483± 2,788 MOE
Estimated home workers38,577± 1,968 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

Comparable nearby records

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