Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 131812024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lincoln County, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 80.5% drove alone, and 13.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.2 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.9%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 Lincoln County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lincoln County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,329 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lincoln County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lincoln County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,329 workers age 16+, including 3,145 workers with reported travel time and 184 home workers.
Population estimate7,854± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,329± 238 MOE
Workers with travel time3,145± 237 MOE
Estimated home workers184± 100 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
All Georgia reports →Comparable Georgia commute records for Lincoln County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.