ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45283752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gantt, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute22.7 min → 23.0 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 6.7%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 75.4%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.4% ±6.9 pp
Carpool14.4% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 6,653 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.

38thMean commute percentile

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

23thWork-from-home percentile

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

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,401± 1,811 MOE
Workers age 16+6,653± 816 MOE
Workers with travel time6,205± 809 MOE
Estimated home workers448± 142 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.