What is the average commute in Clarkston city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Clarkston city, Georgia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 13165442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clarkston, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Clarkston city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 9.8% worked from home, 60.5% drove alone, and 10.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home9.8%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone60.5%±6.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.1%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 Clarkston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.6 min → 31.2 min▼ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 9.8%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 4.9%▼ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.7% → 60.5%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clarkston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.5%; 4.9% used public transit and 9.8% worked from home.

Drive alone60.5% ±6.6 pp

Carpool22.1% ±4.5 pp

Public transit4.9% ±2.7 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.8% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 5,790 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clarkston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clarkston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,790 workers age 16+, including 5,223 workers with reported travel time and 567 home workers.

Population estimate14,557± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+5,790± 654 MOE

Workers with travel time5,223± 617 MOE

Estimated home workers567± 224 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 Clarkston 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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