ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13004082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Acworth, Georgia

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.5%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute29.7 min → 30.1 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 15.5%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.0%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.8% → 72.0%▼ 9.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.0% ±5.0 pp
Carpool9.5% ±2.8 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home15.5% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 12,434 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,473± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+12,434± 843 MOE
Workers with travel time10,501± 863 MOE
Estimated home workers1,933± 437 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.