ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 131092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Evans County, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 3.6% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 14.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 Evans County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 28.0 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 3.6%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 71.8%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Evans County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 3.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±5.2 pp
Carpool16.5% ±6.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.3% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.6% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 4,461 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Evans 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.

71thMean commute percentile

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

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Evans County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,461 workers age 16+, including 4,299 workers with reported travel time and 162 home workers.

Population estimate10,757± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,461± 242 MOE
Workers with travel time4,299± 251 MOE
Estimated home workers162± 94 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 Evans 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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