ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45192852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dentsville, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±9.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±10.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.6 min → 23.3 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 10.0%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.6%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 76.1%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.1% ±10.4 pp
Carpool8.2% ±3.4 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.4 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 7,139 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,209± 1,852 MOE
Workers age 16+7,139± 1,211 MOE
Workers with travel time6,426± 1,222 MOE
Estimated home workers713± 253 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.