Commuting in Florence 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 Florence County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Florence County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% less time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.
Florence County holds about 2.6% of South Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 2.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Florence County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,891 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)
Florence County
18.3 min
36.6 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,726
1,098
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
18.3
minutes to get to work in
Florence County.
That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in South Carolina
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 9.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Florence County
Car:
88.5%
Worked at Home:
9.1%
Other:
1.1%
Walked:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Florence County: 9.1 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Biking is essentially absent in Florence County, versus 0.2% in South Carolina.
Commute Mode Trends in Florence County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Florence 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
92.6%
4.0%
0.6%
1.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2010
92.5%
4.1%
0.5%
1.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
92.5%
4.2%
0.5%
1.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
2012
92.9%
4.0%
0.6%
1.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
2013
93.2%
4.1%
0.5%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
2014
93.6%
3.6%
0.5%
1.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
2015
93.2%
3.7%
0.8%
1.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
2016
94.0%
3.1%
0.8%
1.1%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
2017
93.7%
3.4%
0.7%
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
2018
93.2%
3.8%
0.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
93.0%
4.4%
0.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
2020
93.1%
5.0%
0.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
91.1%
6.8%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
90.2%
7.8%
0.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
89.5%
8.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
88.5%
9.1%
1.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 92.6% in 2009 to 88.5% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Florence County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 9.1% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.7% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Florence County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Florence County?
The bars show when commuters in Florence 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.
Florence CountySouth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Florence County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are less common than in South Carolina: 10.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Carolina: 52.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.6%) 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 Florence 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 Florence 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 Florence 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
Florence County
South Carolina
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:38 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:41 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Florence County were on the road by 7:41 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). That goes against the trend across South Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Florence County now leave 3 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 Florence County has moved 8 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Florence County in the whole series.
How does Florence County's commute time compare?
Metric
Florence County
South Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.3 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
9.1%
11.5%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Florence County is 18.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.
0.3% 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.
Florence County, SC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Florence County, SC is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 137,115 residents against a local median of 28,664. Where Florence County, SC breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 90% above the local median of 4.8% at 9.1%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.3 min against a local median of 26.4 min, 31% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 31% below the local median it puts Florence County, SC at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.9% on work from home, so Florence County, SC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Florence County, SC has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Florence County, South Carolina.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Florence County, South Carolina?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,726 at a typical national wage. That's 18% less than the typical South Carolina commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Florence County, South Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Florence 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.
Which counties in South Carolina have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).