Commuting in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Orangeburg 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 191 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% more time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 0.6 minutes.
Orangeburg County holds about 1.6% of South Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Orangeburg County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,367 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)
Orangeburg County
22.9 min
45.8 min
191 hrs/yr
$5,918
613
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
22.9
minutes to get to work in
Orangeburg County.
That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Orangeburg County
Car:
90.8%
Worked at Home:
6.7%
Other:
1.3%
Walked:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Orangeburg County: 4.3 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Orangeburg County, versus 0.2% in South Carolina.
Commute Mode Trends in Orangeburg County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Orangeburg 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.0%
1.9%
2.7%
2.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
93.1%
2.0%
2.2%
2.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
94.5%
1.8%
1.5%
1.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
94.7%
1.7%
1.6%
1.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
94.4%
2.1%
1.9%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
95.0%
2.2%
1.3%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
94.4%
2.3%
1.3%
1.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
94.2%
2.9%
1.2%
1.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
94.3%
2.9%
1.0%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.5%
3.2%
0.6%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.4%
4.2%
0.7%
1.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.1%
3.8%
0.6%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
93.2%
4.6%
0.7%
1.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
92.0%
5.6%
0.9%
1.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.8%
6.6%
1.3%
1.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.8%
6.7%
1.3%
1.0%
0.1%
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 peaked in 2014 at 95.0%. Overall it fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, down 2.2 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Orangeburg County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 6.7% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 1.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Orangeburg County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Orangeburg County?
The bars show when commuters in Orangeburg 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.
Orangeburg CountySouth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Orangeburg County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are more common than in South Carolina: 19.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in South Carolina: 42.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.3%) 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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
Orangeburg County
South Carolina
United States
2009
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:17 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Orangeburg County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). The shift is sharper than across South Carolina, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Orangeburg County now leave 21 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 Orangeburg County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Orangeburg County's commute time compare?
Metric
Orangeburg County
South Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.9 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.7%
11.5%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Orangeburg County is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.
0.1% 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.
Orangeburg County, SC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Orangeburg County, SC is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 83,253 residents against a local median of 38,792. Where Orangeburg County, SC breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 37% below the local median of 10.5% at 6.7%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 22.9 min against a local median of 27.8 min, 18% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 18% below the local median it puts Orangeburg County, SC at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.2% on work from home, so Orangeburg County, SC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Orangeburg County, SC has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Is living in Orangeburg County, South Carolina good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 191 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,918 at a typical national wage. That's 3% more than the typical South Carolina commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Orangeburg County, South Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).