What is the average commute in Port Royal town, South Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Port Royal town, South Carolina work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 45580302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Royal, South Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Port Royal town, South Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.4 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 59.7% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.4 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone59.7%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Port Royal town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.5 min → 14.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 11.7%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.7% → 59.7%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Port Royal town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone59.7% ±5.6 pp

Carpool16.1% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk10.5% ±3.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.7% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 9,440 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Port Royal town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Port Royal town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,440 workers age 16+, including 8,334 workers with reported travel time and 1,106 home workers.

Population estimate15,579± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+9,440± 546 MOE

Workers with travel time8,334± 696 MOE

Estimated home workers1,106± 364 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 Port Royal 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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