ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 130932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dooly County, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Dooly County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.0 min → 23.1 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 4.0%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 78.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dooly County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 1.0% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.

Drive alone78.9% ±5.5 pp
Carpool13.9% ±5.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.0% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,926 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dooly County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dooly County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,926 workers age 16+, including 3,767 workers with reported travel time and 159 home workers.

Population estimate10,984± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,926± 346 MOE
Workers with travel time3,767± 350 MOE
Estimated home workers159± 80 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 Dooly 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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