ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13034402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), Georgia

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.5 min → 20.6 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 13.5%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 1.9%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 70.2%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±2.1 pp
Carpool7.8% ±1.1 pp
Public transit1.9% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.5% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 62,745 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.