ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13109442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookhaven, Georgia

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home29.5%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone55.6%±3.6 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 commute25.4 min → 25.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.6% → 29.5%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit6.6% → 3.2%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.9% → 55.6%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.6% ±3.6 pp
Carpool7.9% ±1.9 pp
Public transit3.2% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home29.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 32,690 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate57,855± 101 MOE
Workers age 16+32,690± 1,330 MOE
Workers with travel time23,056± 1,410 MOE
Estimated home workers9,634± 853 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.