ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45755352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Welcome, South Carolina

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 2.6% worked from home, 89.4% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±12.7 min MOE
Worked from home2.6%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone89.4%±10.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Welcome CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 27.7 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 2.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.7% → 89.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Welcome CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 89.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.6% worked from home.

Drive alone89.4% ±10.6 pp
Carpool6.2% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home2.6% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 3,457 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Welcome CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66thMean commute percentile

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

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% 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.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Welcome CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,457 workers age 16+, including 3,366 workers with reported travel time and 91 home workers.

Population estimate6,527± 1,437 MOE
Workers age 16+3,457± 991 MOE
Workers with travel time3,366± 989 MOE
Estimated home workers91± 81 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 Welcome CDP

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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