What is the average commute in Mount Pleasant town, South Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mount Pleasant town, South Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · SC · GEOID 45485352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Mount Pleasant town, South Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 26.7% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home26.7%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone66.3%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.9%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 Mount Pleasant 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 +10.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.6 min → 24.9 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 26.7%▲ 10.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 66.3%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mount Pleasant town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 26.7% worked from home.

Drive alone66.3% ±2.3 pp

Carpool5.2% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp

Work from home26.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 47,270 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mount Pleasant town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mount Pleasant town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 47,270 workers age 16+, including 34,628 workers with reported travel time and 12,642 home workers.

Population estimate93,993± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+47,270± 1,558 MOE

Workers with travel time34,628± 1,595 MOE

Estimated home workers12,642± 1,310 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 Mount Pleasant 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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