ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 132672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tattnall County, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 3.3% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 12.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.3%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 Tattnall County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 28.1 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 3.3%▼ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.7%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 73.8%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tattnall County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.7% used public transit and 3.3% worked from home.

Drive alone73.8% ±3.8 pp
Carpool16.5% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.9 pp
Work from home3.3% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 8,574 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tattnall County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tattnall County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,574 workers age 16+, including 8,288 workers with reported travel time and 286 home workers.

Population estimate24,208± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,574± 500 MOE
Workers with travel time8,288± 503 MOE
Estimated home workers286± 131 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 Tattnall 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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