ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13010522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Albany, Georgia

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 commute19.6 min → 19.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 9.2%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.8%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 75.7%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.7% ±2.5 pp
Carpool11.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.2% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 24,959 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate67,224± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+24,959± 1,056 MOE
Workers with travel time22,658± 985 MOE
Estimated home workers2,301± 420 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.