ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45545352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parker, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±9.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.6%±12.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute25.0 min → 24.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 15.3%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.0% → 67.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.6% ±12.7 pp
Carpool12.3% ±5.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.8 pp
Work from home15.3% ±9.4 pp

Each share uses 5,863 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.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% 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.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,898± 1,630 MOE
Workers age 16+5,863± 847 MOE
Workers with travel time4,965± 545 MOE
Estimated home workers898± 568 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.