ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45322452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hardeeville, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%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 commute21.2 min → 24.5 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 14.4%▲ 10.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 67.3%▼ 15.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.3% ±6.3 pp
Carpool17.3% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.9 pp
Work from home14.4% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 4,045 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,871± 299 MOE
Workers age 16+4,045± 490 MOE
Workers with travel time3,462± 443 MOE
Estimated home workers583± 193 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.