What is the average commute in Lowndes County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 131852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lowndes County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Lowndes County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 81.3% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone81.3%±1.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.8%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 Lowndes County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 19.5 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 6.5%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 81.3%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lowndes County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone81.3% ±1.8 pp

Carpool8.9% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home6.5% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 53,412 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lowndes County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

7^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

15^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lowndes County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 53,412 workers age 16+, including 49,927 workers with reported travel time and 3,485 home workers.

Population estimate119,965± — MOE

Workers age 16+53,412± 1,417 MOE

Workers with travel time49,927± 1,491 MOE

Estimated home workers3,485± 685 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 Lowndes 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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