ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13165442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clarkston, Georgia

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.6 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

82thMean commute percentile

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

40thWork-from-home percentile

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

90thTransit percentile

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

71th60+ 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 the shares

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.