What is the average commute in Ware County, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 132992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ware County, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Ware County, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 84.6% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone84.6%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Ware County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 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 commute21.2 min → 20.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 4.5%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 84.6%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ware County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.6% ±2.8 pp

Carpool8.0% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 12,972 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ware County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% 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.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ware County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,972 workers age 16+, including 12,390 workers with reported travel time and 582 home workers.

Population estimate35,976± — MOE

Workers age 16+12,972± 658 MOE

Workers with travel time12,390± 695 MOE

Estimated home workers582± 205 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 Ware 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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