ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45581702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Powdersville, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip36.1 min±9.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone83.5%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.5%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 commute26.1 min → 36.1 min▲ 10.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 11.1%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 83.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.5% ±4.4 pp
Carpool4.6% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 5,513 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,771± 1,241 MOE
Workers age 16+5,513± 632 MOE
Workers with travel time4,903± 601 MOE
Estimated home workers610± 218 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.