Dillon County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Dillon County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Dillon County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Dillon 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 Dillon County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,184 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)
Dillon County	21.1 min	42.3 min	176 hrs/yr	$5,459	612
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

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On average, it takes 21.1 minutes to get to work in Dillon County. That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 80% of counties in South Carolina

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Dillon County

• Car: 94.4%
• Worked at Home: 4.0%
• Other: 0.9%
• Walked: 0.7%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Dillon County, versus 0.1% in South Carolina.

Public transit is unusually rare in Dillon County: 38.9 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Dillon County, versus 0.2% in South Carolina.

Biking is essentially absent in Dillon County, versus 0.2% in South Carolina.

Commute Mode Trends in Dillon County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Dillon 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	94.2%	1.5%	0.6%	2.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	93.9%	1.8%	0.3%	2.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	94.2%	2.1%	0.5%	2.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	93.7%	2.1%	0.4%	1.8%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	94.1%	2.6%	0.5%	1.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	94.7%	2.9%	0.4%	1.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	95.0%	1.9%	0.7%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	94.3%	2.8%	0.5%	1.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2017	94.1%	3.7%	0.4%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	93.8%	4.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	93.7%	4.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2020	93.4%	4.9%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	95.1%	3.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.8%	4.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.4%	4.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	94.4%	4.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	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 2021 at 95.1% and lowest in 2020 at 93.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 94.2% in 2009 and 94.4% in 2024.

Working from home gained the most ground in Dillon County: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 4.0% in 2024, up 2.5 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Dillon County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Dillon County?

The bars show when commuters in Dillon 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	12:00-4:59 AM Dillon County5.1% South Carolina5.0%	5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Dillon County4.0% South Carolina3.7%	4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Dillon County4.5% South Carolina4.6%	4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Dillon County9.9% South Carolina9.1%	9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Dillon County10.0% South Carolina10.5%	10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Dillon County14.2% South Carolina15.3%	14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Dillon County12.0% South Carolina12.6%	12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Dillon County12.2% South Carolina11.1%	12.2%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Dillon County1.9% South Carolina5.2%	1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Dillon County5.4% South Carolina6.1%	5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Dillon County1.5% South Carolina2.7%	1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Dillon County0.7% South Carolina1.2%	0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Dillon County4.6% South Carolina6.3%	4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Dillon County14.1% South Carolina6.6%	14.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Dillon County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are about as common as in South Carolina: 13.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush looks much like South Carolina's: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.3%) 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 Dillon 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 Dillon 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 Dillon 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.

• Dillon County
• South Carolina
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Dillon County	South Carolina	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Dillon County were on the road by 7:36 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:28 AM). That goes against the trend across South Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Dillon County now leave 2 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 Dillon County has moved 11 minutes later.

How does Dillon County's commute time compare?

Metric	Dillon County	South Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.1 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	04:00 PM – 11:59 PM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.0%	11.5%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Dillon County is 21.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau