Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45160002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Columbia, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 63.0% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.7 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone63.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Columbia city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 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 Columbia city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.0%; 1.0% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 69,916 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Columbia city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Columbia city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 69,916 workers age 16+, including 61,790 workers with reported travel time and 8,126 home workers.
Population estimate139,643± 171 MOE
Workers age 16+69,916± 1,819 MOE
Workers with travel time61,790± 1,982 MOE
Estimated home workers8,126± 964 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 Columbia city
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.