ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45046902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beaufort, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.4 min → 18.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 8.0%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 68.6%▼ 10.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±4.5 pp
Carpool17.9% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.6% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 7,800 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,747± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+7,800± 464 MOE
Workers with travel time7,173± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers627± 219 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.