What is the average commute in Summerville town, South Carolina?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 45702702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Summerville, South Carolina

Name: Commute estimates for Summerville town, South Carolina
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.7%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 Summerville town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.4 min → 31.2 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 10.7%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.4% → 79.5%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Summerville town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±2.7 pp

Carpool7.2% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 26,299 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Summerville town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Summerville town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 26,299 workers age 16+, including 23,483 workers with reported travel time and 2,816 home workers.

Population estimate51,654± 63 MOE

Workers age 16+26,299± 1,243 MOE

Workers with travel time23,483± 1,220 MOE

Estimated home workers2,816± 436 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 Summerville 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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