What is the average commute in Polk County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 132332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Polk County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Polk County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 82.3% drove alone, and 13.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.4%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone82.3%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.7%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 Polk 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 +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.3 min → 30.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 4.4%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 82.3%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Polk County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.

Drive alone82.3% ±3.6 pp

Carpool9.0% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home4.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 18,508 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Polk County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Polk County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,508 workers age 16+, including 17,690 workers with reported travel time and 818 home workers.

Population estimate43,785± — MOE

Workers age 16+18,508± 747 MOE

Workers with travel time17,690± 792 MOE

Estimated home workers818± 281 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 Polk 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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