ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 132552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spalding County, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 Spalding County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 25.7 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 7.2%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.7% → 79.5%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Spalding County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±2.7 pp
Carpool10.8% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 28,129 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Spalding County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Spalding County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 28,129 workers age 16+, including 26,105 workers with reported travel time and 2,024 home workers.

Population estimate68,892± — MOE
Workers age 16+28,129± 885 MOE
Workers with travel time26,105± 906 MOE
Estimated home workers2,024± 434 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 Spalding 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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