ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45255402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Five Forks, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute25.3 min → 25.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 19.2%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.5% → 74.7%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.7% ±4.3 pp
Carpool3.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home19.2% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 8,360 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,656± 2,166 MOE
Workers age 16+8,360± 936 MOE
Workers with travel time6,751± 819 MOE
Estimated home workers1,609± 424 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.