ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45073452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boiling Springs, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 commute25.0 min → 25.0 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 11.7%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 77.5%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±3.9 pp
Carpool10.4% ±8.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.7% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 6,721 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,936± 1,618 MOE
Workers age 16+6,721± 1,165 MOE
Workers with travel time5,934± 1,183 MOE
Estimated home workers787± 289 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.