What is the average commute in Cartersville city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cartersville 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 2.3 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 13136882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cartersville, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Cartersville city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home11.1%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.8%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 Cartersville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 25.9 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 11.1%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.0%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 78.7%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cartersville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±2.8 pp

Carpool8.1% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.1% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 12,024 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cartersville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% 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.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cartersville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,024 workers age 16+, including 10,691 workers with reported travel time and 1,333 home workers.

Population estimate24,074± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+12,024± 773 MOE

Workers with travel time10,691± 770 MOE

Estimated home workers1,333± 295 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 Cartersville 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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