Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sumter County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 85.2% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.0 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone85.2%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%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 Sumter County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 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 Sumter County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 44,903 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sumter County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sumter County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 44,903 workers age 16+, including 42,901 workers with reported travel time and 2,002 home workers.
Population estimate104,725± — MOE
Workers age 16+44,903± 1,217 MOE
Workers with travel time42,901± 1,239 MOE
Estimated home workers2,002± 375 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 Sumter County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.