What is the average commute in Fort Mill town, South Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fort Mill town, South Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 45268902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Fort Mill town, South Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 27.5% worked from home, 66.0% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home27.5%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone66.0%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.1%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 Fort Mill town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 26.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.5% → 27.5%▲ 10.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 66.0%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Mill town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 27.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.0% ±4.5 pp

Carpool4.0% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home27.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 15,095 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Mill town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Mill town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,095 workers age 16+, including 10,937 workers with reported travel time and 4,158 home workers.

Population estimate30,775± 44 MOE

Workers age 16+15,095± 724 MOE

Workers with travel time10,937± 872 MOE

Estimated home workers4,158± 615 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 Fort Mill town

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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