ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 131612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jeff Davis County, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Jeff Davis County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 22.1 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.2% → 5.8%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.0% → 77.4%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jeff Davis County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±6.0 pp
Carpool13.6% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,957 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jeff Davis County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jeff Davis County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,957 workers age 16+, including 5,613 workers with reported travel time and 344 home workers.

Population estimate14,924± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,957± 459 MOE
Workers with travel time5,613± 477 MOE
Estimated home workers344± 178 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 Jeff Davis 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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