What is the average commute in Williamsburg County, South Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Williamsburg County, South Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Williamsburg County, South Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Williamsburg County, South Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 81.9% drove alone, and 15.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home6.8%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone81.9%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.5%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 Williamsburg County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.0 min → 31.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 6.8%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.6%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.1% → 81.9%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Williamsburg County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone81.9% ±2.3 pp

Carpool8.8% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.8% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 11,818 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Williamsburg County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Williamsburg County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,818 workers age 16+, including 11,013 workers with reported travel time and 805 home workers.

Population estimate30,282± — MOE

Workers age 16+11,818± 559 MOE

Workers with travel time11,013± 547 MOE

Estimated home workers805± 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

Comparable South Carolina commute records for Williamsburg County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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