What is the average commute in Greene County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 131332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greene County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Greene County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.4 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 12.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home15.7%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone71.7%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.7%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 Greene County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 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 → 28.4 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 15.7%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 71.7%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greene County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.7% ±5.3 pp

Carpool9.1% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.3% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home15.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 8,278 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greene County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greene County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,278 workers age 16+, including 6,977 workers with reported travel time and 1,301 home workers.

Population estimate20,109± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,278± 422 MOE

Workers with travel time6,977± 440 MOE

Estimated home workers1,301± 234 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 Greene 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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