What is the average commute in Towns County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 132812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Towns County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Towns County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 13.6% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 8.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home13.6%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone69.7%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.5%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 Towns County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 23.7 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 13.6%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 69.7%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Towns County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.7% ±3.9 pp

Carpool9.5% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk5.6% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±1.4 pp

Work from home13.6% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,491 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Towns County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% 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.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Towns County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,491 workers age 16+, including 3,881 workers with reported travel time and 610 home workers.

Population estimate12,913± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,491± 317 MOE

Workers with travel time3,881± 272 MOE

Estimated home workers610± 166 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 Towns 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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