ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13048962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bainbridge, Georgia

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone83.0%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute17.3 min → 20.0 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 5.4%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.1% → 83.0%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.0% ±4.6 pp
Carpool8.5% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.8 pp
Work from home5.4% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,671 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,404± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+4,671± 491 MOE
Workers with travel time4,417± 454 MOE
Estimated home workers254± 155 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.