What is the average commute in Auburn city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Auburn city, Georgia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · GA · GEOID 13041402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Auburn, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Auburn city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.9 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 25.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.9 min±5.4 min MOE

Worked from home11.1%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone78.4%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip25.7%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 Auburn city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.0 min → 38.9 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 11.1%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 78.4%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Auburn city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

Drive alone78.4% ±4.4 pp

Carpool9.1% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home11.1% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 4,386 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Auburn city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

97^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Auburn city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,386 workers age 16+, including 3,898 workers with reported travel time and 488 home workers.

Population estimate8,711± 99 MOE

Workers age 16+4,386± 306 MOE

Workers with travel time3,898± 297 MOE

Estimated home workers488± 132 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

Comparable Georgia commute records for Auburn city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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