Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45263052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Forest Acres, South Carolina
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 the published estimate?
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How residents usually get to work
Each share uses 5,270 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind the shares
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
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