Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450712024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Newberry County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 83.0% drove alone, and 11.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.2 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone83.0%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.3%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 Newberry County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 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 Newberry County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,051 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Newberry County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 72th 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 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Newberry County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,051 workers age 16+, including 15,208 workers with reported travel time and 843 home workers.
Population estimate38,435± — MOE
Workers age 16+16,051± 550 MOE
Workers with travel time15,208± 608 MOE
Estimated home workers843± 209 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 Newberry County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.