ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 131172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forsyth County, Georgia

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home32.5%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone58.6%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.3 min → 30.6 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.8% → 32.5%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.5% → 58.6%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.6% ±1.2 pp
Carpool6.9% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home32.5% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 136,167 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

100thWork-from-home percentile

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

21thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate267,287± — MOE
Workers age 16+136,167± 1,629 MOE
Workers with travel time91,892± 1,956 MOE
Estimated home workers44,275± 1,520 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.