What is the average commute in Easley city, South Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Easley city, South Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · SC · GEOID 45219852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Easley, South Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Easley city, South Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 82.4% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone82.4%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Easley city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 27.0 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 11.7%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.4% → 82.4%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Easley city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone82.4% ±4.0 pp

Carpool4.3% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.7% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 11,550 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Easley city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Easley city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,550 workers age 16+, including 10,201 workers with reported travel time and 1,349 home workers.

Population estimate24,841± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+11,550± 639 MOE

Workers with travel time10,201± 671 MOE

Estimated home workers1,349± 297 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 Easley 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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