ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45714172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tega Cay, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home32.4%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone60.8%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 commute31.2 min → 30.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.1% → 32.4%▲ 14.4 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.8% → 60.8%▼ 12.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.8% ±6.5 pp
Carpool5.3% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home32.4% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 6,743 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,615± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+6,743± 567 MOE
Workers with travel time4,555± 631 MOE
Estimated home workers2,188± 468 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.