ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45512802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home17.9%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 → 22.0 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 17.9%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.9%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 70.6%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±4.7 pp
Carpool7.9% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.2 pp
Work from home17.9% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 7,301 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.

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,855± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+7,301± 506 MOE
Workers with travel time5,991± 459 MOE
Estimated home workers1,310± 243 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.