ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SC · GEOID 45796302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

York, South Carolina

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.5%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 commute28.5 min → 31.5 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 7.0%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 78.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.5% ±7.3 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 3,987 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.

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% 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.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,969± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+3,987± 421 MOE
Workers with travel time3,706± 442 MOE
Estimated home workers281± 129 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.