ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13128342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Candler-McAfee, Georgia

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.3%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.2%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 commute34.7 min → 32.8 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 21.2%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit9.5% → 5.3%▼ 4.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 62.3%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.3% ±4.2 pp
Carpool5.8% ±1.4 pp
Public transit5.3% ±1.9 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home21.2% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 9,189 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,905± 1,676 MOE
Workers age 16+9,189± 849 MOE
Workers with travel time7,243± 702 MOE
Estimated home workers1,946± 356 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.