Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45340452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 20.1% worked from home, 66.5% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home20.1%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Hilton Head Island town's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Hilton Head Island town residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 20.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,068 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hilton Head Island town compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hilton Head Island town's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,068 workers age 16+, including 12,839 workers with reported travel time and 3,229 home workers.
Population estimate37,911± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+16,068± 764 MOE
Workers with travel time12,839± 860 MOE
Estimated home workers3,229± 485 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
All South Carolina reports →Comparable South Carolina commute records for Hilton Head Island town
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.