ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45713952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Taylors, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 commute21.0 min → 22.0 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 15.0%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 74.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.6% ±4.1 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home15.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 12,662 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.

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,505± 1,626 MOE
Workers age 16+12,662± 1,197 MOE
Workers with travel time10,769± 1,062 MOE
Estimated home workers1,893± 534 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.