What is the average commute in Oglethorpe County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 132212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Oglethorpe County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone79.9%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.5%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 Oglethorpe County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 32.8 min▲ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 9.4%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.1% → 79.9%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oglethorpe County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.9% ±4.6 pp

Carpool8.8% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home9.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 7,254 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oglethorpe County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

70^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oglethorpe County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,254 workers age 16+, including 6,571 workers with reported travel time and 683 home workers.

Population estimate15,509± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,254± 425 MOE

Workers with travel time6,571± 474 MOE

Estimated home workers683± 187 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 Oglethorpe 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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