Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · GA · GEOID 133092024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Wheeler County, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 1.1% worked from home, 92.8% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.5 min±8.7 min MOE
Worked from home1.1%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone92.8%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 Wheeler County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -4.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Wheeler County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 92.8%; 2.2% used public transit and 1.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,349 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Wheeler County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Wheeler County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,349 workers age 16+, including 2,322 workers with reported travel time and 27 home workers.
Population estimate7,335± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,349± 332 MOE
Workers with travel time2,322± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers27± 37 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
All Georgia reports →Comparable Georgia commute records for Wheeler County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.