Commuting in Bamberg 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 Bamberg County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Bamberg County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 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 0.5 minutes.
Bamberg County holds about 0.2% of South Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Bamberg County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,354 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)
Bamberg County
22.8 min
45.6 min
190 hrs/yr
$5,885
370
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.
On average, it takes
22.8
minutes to get to work in
Bamberg County.
That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Bamberg County
Car:
87.1%
Worked at Home:
7.2%
Walked:
2.9%
Other:
1.3%
Taxi:
1.0%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Bamberg County: 5.4 times more than the South Carolina average (1.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Bamberg County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Bamberg 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
Other
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
83.7%
7.0%
8.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.7%
2010
85.4%
7.2%
6.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
89.4%
3.6%
4.8%
0.4%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
90.7%
4.1%
3.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
91.4%
2.2%
5.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
92.8%
1.8%
3.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
91.8%
1.8%
4.0%
0.8%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
93.4%
2.1%
2.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
92.4%
1.7%
3.8%
0.9%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
90.9%
2.5%
3.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
91.1%
1.7%
3.1%
0.8%
0.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.2%
2.5%
3.2%
1.2%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
88.5%
3.9%
3.3%
1.5%
0.0%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.3%
4.2%
2.1%
1.5%
0.0%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
85.5%
8.0%
2.6%
1.0%
0.0%
2.2%
0.5%
0.1%
2024
87.1%
7.2%
2.9%
1.3%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 93.4%. Overall it rose from 83.7% in 2009 to 87.1% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Taking a taxi gained the most ground in Bamberg County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 1.0% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 8.5% to 2.9% of workers (down 5.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 3.8% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.
Commute Start Times in Bamberg County
⏰Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among South Carolina's 46 counties: the typical start is 28 minutes earlier than in 2009.
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among South Carolina's 46 counties: only 41.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bamberg County?
The bars show when commuters in Bamberg 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.
Bamberg CountySouth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Bamberg County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 12.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.5% across South Carolina. Early starts are more common than in South Carolina: 20.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in South Carolina: 41.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.2%) 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 Bamberg 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 Bamberg 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 Bamberg 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
Bamberg County
South Carolina
United States
2009
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:14 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Bamberg County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 28 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 Bamberg County now leave 24 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 Bamberg County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Bamberg County in the whole series.
How does Bamberg County's commute time compare?
Metric
Bamberg County
South Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.8 min
22.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.2%
11.5%
15.0%
Walked
2.9%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Bamberg County is 22.8 minutes, longer than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 2.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.6% in South Carolina.
Bamberg County, SC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Bamberg County, SC is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,042 residents against a local median of 18,254. The measure that sets Bamberg County, SC apart most is work from home: 7.2%, 72% above the local median of 4.2%.
The counties themselves spread 7.4% on work from home, so Bamberg County, SC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bamberg County, SC has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
Is living in Bamberg County, South Carolina good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 190 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,885 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 Bamberg County, South Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Bamberg County, South Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).