Anderson Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Anderson, 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 Anderson: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Anderson spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.1 minutes.

Anderson holds about 0.5% of South Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Anderson would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,777 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)
Anderson	17.2 min	34.4 min	143 hrs/yr	$4,442	2,349
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.

Anderson Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.2 minutes to get to work in Anderson. That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Anderson

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Anderson: 3.2 times more than the South Carolina average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually common in Anderson: 3.1 times more than the South Carolina average (1.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Anderson, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Anderson 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	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	93.0%	2.1%	2.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2010	90.1%	2.0%	5.6%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
2011	91.9%	1.7%	3.7%	1.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%
2012	91.8%	1.8%	3.7%	1.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2013	92.2%	1.7%	2.7%	1.9%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
2014	91.8%	1.6%	2.8%	2.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
2015	92.6%	2.1%	2.4%	1.6%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	91.9%	2.4%	3.3%	1.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	91.5%	2.7%	3.1%	1.0%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	91.5%	3.0%	3.3%	0.4%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	92.4%	2.7%	3.5%	0.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	90.9%	2.7%	4.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	91.1%	3.1%	3.2%	1.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	90.0%	3.0%	4.3%	1.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
2023	89.2%	5.1%	2.7%	1.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%
2024	87.8%	6.3%	3.2%	1.1%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 87.8% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Anderson: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 6.3% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 5.6% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 3.2%.

Commute Start Times in Anderson

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Anderson?

The bars show when commuters in Anderson 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		6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		12.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Anderson is 12:00-3:59 PM, when 12.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are about as common as in South Carolina: 12.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in South Carolina: 41.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.8%) 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 Anderson, 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 Anderson 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 Anderson 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	Anderson	South Carolina	United States
2009	7:59 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:03 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:05 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:05 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:59 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:57 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:57 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:56 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:51 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:55 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:56 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:53 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:04 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:59 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Anderson were on the road by 7:59 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across South Carolina, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Anderson now leave 21 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Anderson has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Anderson's commute time compare?

Metric	Anderson	South Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.2 min	22.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 PM – 03:59 PM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.3%	11.5%	15.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Anderson is 17.2 minutes, shorter than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.

1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.6% in South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Anderson, South Carolina.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Anderson, South Carolina?

Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,442 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical South Carolina commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Anderson, South Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM in Anderson, South Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Anderson, South Carolina?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 1.1% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in South Carolina, making it a realistic option for many workers.