ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45742752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Walterboro, South Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 13.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±8.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.5%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 Walterboro city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.2 min → 26.3 min▼ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 13.0%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.7% → 72.5%▼ 12.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Walterboro city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±4.0 pp
Carpool12.5% ±6.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home13.0% ±8.0 pp

Each share uses 2,506 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Walterboro city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% 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.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Walterboro city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,506 workers age 16+, including 2,181 workers with reported travel time and 325 home workers.

Population estimate5,480± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,506± 369 MOE
Workers with travel time2,181± 355 MOE
Estimated home workers325± 205 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable South Carolina commute records for Walterboro city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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