Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13040002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Atlanta, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 29.7% worked from home, 52.9% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.5 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home29.7%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone52.9%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Atlanta city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.1 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 Atlanta city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.9%; 5.7% used public transit and 29.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 271,965 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Atlanta city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Atlanta city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 271,965 workers age 16+, including 191,255 workers with reported travel time and 80,710 home workers.
Population estimate505,268± 79 MOE
Workers age 16+271,965± 3,872 MOE
Workers with travel time191,255± 3,515 MOE
Estimated home workers80,710± 2,963 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 Atlanta city
No other Georgia place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.