ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 130012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Appling County, Georgia

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.5%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute23.1 min → 27.0 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.0% → 3.5%▲ 2.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.3% → 80.9%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±5.2 pp
Carpool11.9% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home3.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,496 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,493± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,496± 495 MOE
Workers with travel time7,234± 501 MOE
Estimated home workers262± 121 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.