Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45397852024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lake Wylie, South Carolina
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.0 min one way; 21.0% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip32.0 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home21.0%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%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 Lake Wylie CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 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 Lake Wylie CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 21.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,935 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lake Wylie CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lake Wylie CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,935 workers age 16+, including 6,265 workers with reported travel time and 1,670 home workers.
Population estimate16,006± 1,401 MOE
Workers age 16+7,935± 859 MOE
Workers with travel time6,265± 783 MOE
Estimated home workers1,670± 397 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 Lake Wylie CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.