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Abbeville County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Abbeville County, South Carolina: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Abbeville County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Abbeville County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% more time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Abbeville County holds about 0.5% of South Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Abbeville County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,347 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Abbeville County 22.7 min 45.4 min 189 hrs/yr $5,868 627
South Carolina 22.3 min 44.5 min 186 hrs/yr $5,753 1,499
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: South Carolina Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in South Carolina
  1. Greenwood County (16.5 min)
  2. Sumter County (18.2 min)
  3. Florence County (18.3 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in South Carolina
  1. McCormick County (33.9 min)
  2. Fairfield County (30.8 min)
  3. Chester County (30.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Abbeville County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.7 minutes to get to work in Abbeville County. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Abbeville County

  • Car: 91.8%
  • Worked at Home: 4.2%
  • Walked: 1.5%
  • Motorcycle: 1.3% unusually high
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Abbeville County: 10.6 times more than the South Carolina average (1.3% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Abbeville County: 11.6 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Abbeville County: 18.4 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Abbeville County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Abbeville County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Motorcycle Other Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 90.8% 3.4% 3.6% 0.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2010 93.2% 2.0% 3.3% 0.1% 1.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2011 94.8% 1.8% 2.2% 0.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 95.8% 1.6% 2.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 95.0% 2.6% 1.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.9% 2.9% 2.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 94.2% 3.0% 1.6% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 91.3% 5.5% 1.2% 0.2% 0.8% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 89.5% 6.5% 1.8% 0.2% 1.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
2018 91.2% 4.4% 2.5% 0.1% 1.1% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0%
2019 91.4% 4.7% 1.9% 0.2% 1.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2020 91.9% 3.6% 2.5% 0.2% 1.1% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2021 92.8% 3.0% 2.9% 0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2022 92.2% 3.3% 2.4% 0.9% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 92.7% 4.1% 1.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 91.8% 4.2% 1.5% 1.3% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2012 at 95.8% and lowest in 2017 at 89.5%. Overall it rose from 90.8% in 2009 to 91.8% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Riding a motorcycle gained the most ground in Abbeville County: its share of workers rose from 0.1% in 2009 to 1.3% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 1.5% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 6.5% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 4.2%.

Commute Start Times in Abbeville County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among South Carolina's 46 counties: 62.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among South Carolina's 46 counties: the typical start is 17 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Abbeville County?

The bars show when commuters in Abbeville County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show South Carolina for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
4.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
14.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
22.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
20.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.8%

Abbeville County South Carolina Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Abbeville County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are about as common as in South Carolina: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Carolina: 62.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.2%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Abbeville County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Abbeville County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Abbeville County next to South Carolina and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Abbeville County South Carolina United States
2009 7:42 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:30 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:27 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:25 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:20 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:16 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:18 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:21 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:21 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:26 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Abbeville County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 17 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). The shift is sharper than across South Carolina, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Abbeville County now leave 12 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Abbeville County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Abbeville County's commute time compare?

Metric Abbeville County South Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.7 min 22.3 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 4.2% 11.5% 15.0%
Walked 1.5% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Abbeville County is 22.7 minutes, longer than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Abbeville County, SC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Abbeville County, SC is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 24,414 residents against a local median of 19,849. The measure that sets Abbeville County, SC apart most is work from home: 4.2%, 41% below the local median of 7.1%.

The counties themselves spread 7.3% on work from home, so Abbeville County, SC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Abbeville County, SC has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Abbeville County, SC 24,414 22.7 min #3/6 4.2% #5/6 7:26 AM #2/6
Greenwood County, SC 69,502 16.5 min 4.1% 7:34 AM
Anderson County, SC 210,447 23.0 min 7.6% 7:34 AM
McCormick County, SC 9,759 33.9 min 11.4% 7:31 AM
Elbert County, GA 19,849 18.7 min 7.1% 7:18 AM
Lincoln County, GA 7,854 30.1 min 5.5% 7:26 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Abbeville County, South Carolina.

Is living in Abbeville County, South Carolina good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 189 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,868 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical South Carolina commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Abbeville County, South Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Abbeville County, South Carolina?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in South Carolina, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in South Carolina?

Among counties in South Carolina, the shortest average commutes are in Greenwood County (16.5 min), Sumter County (18.2 min), Florence County (18.3 min). The longest are in McCormick County (33.9 min), Fairfield County (30.8 min), Chester County (30.6 min).