ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45263052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forest Acres, South Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 12.4% worked from home, 77.6% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Forest Acres city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 19.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 12.4%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 77.6%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Forest Acres city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 12.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.6% ±5.0 pp
Carpool6.1% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.4% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,270 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Forest Acres city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Forest Acres city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,270 workers age 16+, including 4,614 workers with reported travel time and 656 home workers.

Population estimate10,530± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+5,270± 316 MOE
Workers with travel time4,614± 341 MOE
Estimated home workers656± 166 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 Forest Acres 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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