ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45734652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Valley Falls, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 22.3 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 4.6%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 79.0%▲ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.0% ±7.4 pp
Carpool11.0% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,246 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,239± 1,259 MOE
Workers age 16+4,246± 727 MOE
Workers with travel time4,052± 750 MOE
Estimated home workers194± 102 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.