ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45738702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wade Hampton, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute21.0 min → 20.0 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 14.3%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 77.3%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±1.4 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.3% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 10,303 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.

21thMean commute percentile

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

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,898± 1,662 MOE
Workers age 16+10,303± 956 MOE
Workers with travel time8,834± 769 MOE
Estimated home workers1,469± 424 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.