What is the average commute in Forsyth County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 32.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 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 131172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forsyth County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Forsyth County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.6 min one way; 32.5% worked from home, 58.6% drove alone, and 12.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Forsyth 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 +10.7 percentage points.

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 Forsyth County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 32.5% worked from home.

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

How Forsyth County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

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

100^thWork-from-home percentile

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

21^thTransit percentile

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

90^th60+ 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 Forsyth County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 136,167 workers age 16+, including 91,892 workers with reported travel time and 44,275 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Georgia commute records for Forsyth 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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