Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SC · GEOID 450912024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
York County, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 17.5% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.2 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home17.5%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±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 York County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 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 York County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.3% used public transit and 17.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 146,763 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How York County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 75th 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 higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 68% 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 York County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 146,763 workers age 16+, including 121,096 workers with reported travel time and 25,667 home workers.
Population estimate293,673± — MOE
Workers age 16+146,763± 1,937 MOE
Workers with travel time121,096± 2,406 MOE
Estimated home workers25,667± 1,501 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 York County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.