What is the average commute in Bartow County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 130152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bartow County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Bartow County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 11.3% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home11.3%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±1.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.6%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 Bartow County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 29.4 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 11.3%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 75.3%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bartow County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 11.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±1.6 pp

Carpool11.1% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.3% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 55,139 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bartow County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bartow County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 55,139 workers age 16+, including 48,903 workers with reported travel time and 6,236 home workers.

Population estimate113,113± — MOE

Workers age 16+55,139± 1,118 MOE

Workers with travel time48,903± 1,278 MOE

Estimated home workers6,236± 632 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 Bartow 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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