ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13177762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

College Park, Georgia

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone59.5%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute26.6 min → 21.2 min▼ 5.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 13.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit13.1% → 8.7%▼ 4.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.8% → 59.5%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.5% ±6.3 pp
Carpool10.2% ±6.1 pp
Public transit8.7% ±2.5 pp
Walk4.7% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 5,991 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,712± 780 MOE
Workers age 16+5,991± 794 MOE
Workers with travel time5,174± 729 MOE
Estimated home workers817± 246 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.