ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45194202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dillon, South Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 0.6% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home0.6%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.3%±11.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 Dillon city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +9.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 27.8 min▲ 9.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.1% → 79.3%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dillon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 0.6% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±11.5 pp
Carpool19.3% ±13.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home0.6% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 2,173 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dillon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

0thWork-from-home percentile

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

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dillon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,173 workers age 16+, including 2,160 workers with reported travel time and 13 home workers.

Population estimate6,354± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,173± 311 MOE
Workers with travel time2,160± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers13± 19 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

Comparable South Carolina commute records for Dillon city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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