ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45393102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake City, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute24.3 min → 24.9 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.9% → 6.8%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 68.5%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±7.9 pp
Carpool22.5% ±13.7 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home6.8% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 2,450 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,988± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+2,450± 350 MOE
Workers with travel time2,284± 375 MOE
Estimated home workers166± 127 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.