ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45652072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Seven Oaks, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute19.3 min → 20.3 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 11.7%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 70.6%▼ 9.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±6.5 pp
Carpool15.2% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 7,347 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% 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.

12th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,921± 1,498 MOE
Workers age 16+7,347± 923 MOE
Workers with travel time6,486± 927 MOE
Estimated home workers861± 185 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.