Fort Mill Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Fort Mill, 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 Fort Mill: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Fort Mill spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 0.1 minutes.

Fort Mill 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 Fort Mill would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,288 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)
Fort Mill	22.1 min	44.3 min	185 hrs/yr	$5,720	2,401
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.

Fort Mill Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.1 minutes to get to work in Fort Mill. That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 25.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Fort Mill

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Fort Mill: 1001.8 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Fort Mill: 3.6 times less than the South Carolina average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in Fort Mill, versus 0.2% in South Carolina.

Commute Mode Trends in Fort Mill, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Fort Mill 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	92.5%	5.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	91.2%	7.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	90.6%	7.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	89.7%	8.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	88.9%	8.5%	0.4%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	87.8%	9.1%	0.4%	1.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	87.2%	9.4%	0.3%	1.3%	1.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	89.1%	8.4%	0.1%	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	90.1%	7.6%	0.1%	0.8%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	89.6%	8.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	89.1%	8.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	84.6%	13.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	80.4%	17.1%	1.2%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	76.8%	20.6%	1.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	74.0%	23.2%	1.3%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	72.1%	25.1%	1.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 92.5% in 2009 to 72.1% in 2024, down 20.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Fort Mill: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 25.1% in 2024, up 19.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit peaked at 1.6% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in Fort Mill

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Fort Mill?

The bars show when commuters in Fort Mill 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		2.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Fort Mill is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are less common than in South Carolina: 7.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush looks much like South Carolina's: 51.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.6%) 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 Fort Mill, 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 Fort Mill 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 Fort Mill 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	Fort Mill	South Carolina	United States
2009	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:41 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:46 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:51 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Fort Mill were on the road by 7:51 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:38 AM). That goes against the trend across South Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Fort Mill now leave 13 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 Fort Mill has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Fort Mill in the whole series.

How does Fort Mill's commute time compare?

Metric	Fort Mill	South Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.1 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	25.1%	11.5%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Fort Mill is about the same as in South Carolina.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Fort Mill, South Carolina?

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,720 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical South Carolina commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Fort Mill, South Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Fort Mill, 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 much time do residents in Fort Mill, South Carolina save by working from home?

About 25.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Fort Mill would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,288 at the same national wage assumption used above.