ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45704052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sumter, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone82.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute20.3 min → 19.6 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 6.1%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 82.3%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool8.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.1% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 18,363 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.

16thMean commute percentile

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

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate43,053± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+18,363± 840 MOE
Workers with travel time17,241± 862 MOE
Estimated home workers1,122± 272 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.