Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450492024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hampton County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.8 min one way; 3.1% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 20.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.8 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.1%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.9%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 Hampton County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 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 Hampton County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 3.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,206 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hampton County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 92th 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 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hampton County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,206 workers age 16+, including 6,981 workers with reported travel time and 225 home workers.
Population estimate18,254± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,206± 446 MOE
Workers with travel time6,981± 449 MOE
Estimated home workers225± 89 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 Hampton County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.