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Marlboro County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Marlboro 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 Marlboro County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marlboro County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 186 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way.

Marlboro 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 Marlboro County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,308 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)
Marlboro County 22.3 min 44.7 min 186 hrs/yr $5,769 830
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

Fastest commutes among counties in South Carolina
  1. Greenwood County (16.5 min)
  2. Sumter County (18.2 min)
  3. Florence County (18.3 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in South Carolina
  1. McCormick County (33.9 min)
  2. Fairfield County (30.8 min)
  3. Chester County (30.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Marlboro County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.3 minutes to get to work in Marlboro County. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marlboro County

  • Car: 94.6%
  • Worked at Home: 3.2% unusually low
  • Other: 0.9%
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Public Transportation: 0.3%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Marlboro County: 3.6 times less than the South Carolina average (3.2% vs 11.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Marlboro County: 3.4 times less than the South Carolina average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Marlboro County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marlboro 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 Public Transportation Bicycle Taxi Motorcycle
2009 94.9% 1.4% 1.5% 0.7% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
2010 95.0% 1.9% 1.0% 0.7% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 95.4% 2.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 95.1% 1.9% 1.3% 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 95.8% 1.2% 1.3% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 95.2% 2.0% 1.2% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 95.9% 1.5% 1.5% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 95.9% 1.7% 1.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 96.7% 1.8% 0.9% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 96.1% 2.6% 0.7% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 97.2% 1.9% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 96.6% 1.7% 0.2% 1.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 95.7% 2.3% 0.5% 1.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 94.2% 3.3% 0.8% 1.0% 0.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 95.3% 2.3% 0.9% 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 94.6% 3.2% 0.9% 0.9% 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. Its share was highest in 2019 at 97.2% and lowest in 2022 at 94.2%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 94.9% in 2009 and 94.6% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marlboro County: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 3.2% in 2024, up 1.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.9% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Marlboro County

  • Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among South Carolina's 46 counties: 31.0% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among South Carolina's 46 counties: only 36.7% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marlboro County?

The bars show when commuters in Marlboro 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
14.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
5.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
8.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
10.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
14.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marlboro County is 4:00-11:59 PM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.6% across South Carolina. Early starts are more common than in South Carolina: 23.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in South Carolina: 36.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.0%) 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 Marlboro 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 Marlboro 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 Marlboro 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 Marlboro County South Carolina United States
2009 7:37 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:41 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:45 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:46 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:41 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:45 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:39 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:34 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:37 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:46 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:40 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:44 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:52 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:45 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marlboro County were on the road by 7:45 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across South Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Marlboro County now leave 7 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 Marlboro County has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Marlboro County's commute time compare?

Metric Marlboro County South Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.3 min 22.3 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 3.2% 11.5% 15.0%
Walked 0.9% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.3% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Marlboro County is about the same as in South Carolina.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Marlboro County, SC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Marlboro County, SC is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 25,963 residents against a local median of 42,335. The measure that sets Marlboro County, SC apart most is work from home: 3.2%, 26% below the local median of 4.4%.

The counties themselves spread 3.1% on work from home, so Marlboro County, SC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Marlboro County, SC has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Marlboro County, SC 25,963 22.3 min #6/6 3.2% #5/6 7:45 AM #6/6
Scotland County, NC 33,590 18.5 min 5.6% 7:35 AM
Dillon County, SC 27,862 21.1 min 4.0% 7:36 AM
Darlington County, SC 62,559 20.4 min 4.8% 7:22 AM
Richmond County, NC 42,335 18.8 min 4.4% 7:27 AM
Chesterfield County, SC 43,782 20.8 min 2.5% 7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Marlboro County, South Carolina.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 186 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,769 at a typical national wage.

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

Traffic peaks between 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM in Marlboro County, South Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 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).