ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45347202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Homeland Park, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home2.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute23.1 min → 22.2 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 2.0%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 70.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±5.2 pp
Carpool24.4% ±10.7 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home2.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 2,571 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,632± 1,139 MOE
Workers age 16+2,571± 564 MOE
Workers with travel time2,520± 561 MOE
Estimated home workers51± 58 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.