ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 131752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laurens County, Georgia

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone86.5%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 commute25.1 min → 24.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 4.3%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.6% → 86.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone86.5% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.6% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home4.3% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 20,583 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate49,798± — MOE
Workers age 16+20,583± 778 MOE
Workers with travel time19,694± 807 MOE
Estimated home workers889± 225 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.