What is the average commute in Burke County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 130332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burke County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Burke County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 10.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.6%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.6%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 Burke County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 28.0 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 8.3%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 78.6%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Burke County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.6% ±3.2 pp

Carpool9.8% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home8.3% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 10,533 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Burke County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Burke County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,533 workers age 16+, including 9,658 workers with reported travel time and 875 home workers.

Population estimate24,470± — MOE

Workers age 16+10,533± 558 MOE

Workers with travel time9,658± 586 MOE

Estimated home workers875± 323 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 Burke 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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