ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13134922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carrollton, Georgia

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.3%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 commute18.2 min → 20.8 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 12.3%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.7%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 68.3%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.3% ±3.9 pp
Carpool12.8% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.2% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 13,091 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 25k–100k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,392± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+13,091± 918 MOE
Workers with travel time11,477± 884 MOE
Estimated home workers1,614± 449 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.