ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45164052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Conway, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute23.2 min → 24.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 6.5%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 2.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 75.8%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±1.4 pp
Carpool8.8% ±2.3 pp
Public transit2.8% ±1.8 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.8 pp
Work from home6.5% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 10,754 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,263± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+10,754± 656 MOE
Workers with travel time10,056± 668 MOE
Estimated home workers698± 204 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.