Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13034402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.6 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.5%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)'s published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 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 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 1.9% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 62,745 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)'s commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 62,745 workers age 16+, including 54,244 workers with reported travel time and 8,501 home workers.
Population estimate127,345± 606 MOE
Workers age 16+62,745± 1,458 MOE
Workers with travel time54,244± 1,505 MOE
Estimated home workers8,501± 684 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 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.