ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45623952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Andrews, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.4%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute20.2 min → 21.8 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 12.2%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.7%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 74.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.4% ±4.1 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.2% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 9,737 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

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

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,868± 2,036 MOE
Workers age 16+9,737± 1,051 MOE
Workers with travel time8,546± 953 MOE
Estimated home workers1,191± 378 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.