ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45358902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Irmo, South Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 14.6% worked from home, 74.5% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Irmo town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 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 → 23.7 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 14.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 74.5%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Irmo town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.5% ±8.0 pp
Carpool7.7% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.6% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 5,837 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Irmo town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% 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.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Irmo town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,837 workers age 16+, including 4,984 workers with reported travel time and 853 home workers.

Population estimate11,813± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+5,837± 385 MOE
Workers with travel time4,984± 483 MOE
Estimated home workers853± 312 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 Irmo 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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