ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45495702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newberry, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home3.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.4%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 commute22.8 min → 24.3 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.9% → 3.2%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 81.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.4% ±1.7 pp
Carpool8.3% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp
Work from home3.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,827 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.

47thMean commute percentile

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

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% 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.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,790± 80 MOE
Workers age 16+3,827± 396 MOE
Workers with travel time3,704± 398 MOE
Estimated home workers123± 81 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.