ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · DE · GEOID 10290902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Georgetown, Delaware

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 28.7 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 4.6%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.0%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.7% → 78.7%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.7% ±8.4 pp
Carpool14.1% ±5.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 2,989 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,660± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+2,989± 325 MOE
Workers with travel time2,853± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers136± 77 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.