What is the average commute in Bacon County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bacon County, Georgia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · GA · GEOID 130052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bacon County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Bacon County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 85.6% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home6.8%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone85.6%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Bacon County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 26.4 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 6.8%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 85.6%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bacon County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone85.6% ±3.6 pp

Carpool4.5% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home6.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 4,237 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bacon County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bacon County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,237 workers age 16+, including 3,950 workers with reported travel time and 287 home workers.

Population estimate11,109± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,237± 297 MOE

Workers with travel time3,950± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers287± 122 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Georgia commute records for Bacon County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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