What is the average commute in Lanier County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 131732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lanier County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Lanier County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home7.5%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone73.9%±6.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.5%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 Lanier County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 24.7 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 7.5%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 2.2%▲ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 73.9%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lanier County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 2.2% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

Drive alone73.9% ±6.9 pp

Carpool8.2% ±5.0 pp

Public transit2.2% ±1.7 pp

Walk3.0% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle2.7% ±2.5 pp

Work from home7.5% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,192 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lanier County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

52^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

27^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lanier County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,192 workers age 16+, including 3,876 workers with reported travel time and 316 home workers.

Population estimate10,221± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,192± 318 MOE

Workers with travel time3,876± 323 MOE

Estimated home workers316± 140 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 Lanier 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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