What is the average commute in Cordele city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.7%, 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 13196162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cordele, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Cordele city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.8 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 84.8% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.8 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home5.7%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone84.8%±11.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.7%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 Cordele city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 17.8 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 5.7%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 84.8%▲ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cordele city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.

Drive alone84.8% ±11.0 pp

Carpool5.5% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.5% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle1.3% ±1.9 pp

Work from home5.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,926 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cordele city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% 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.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cordele city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,926 workers age 16+, including 3,704 workers with reported travel time and 222 home workers.

Population estimate9,994± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+3,926± 541 MOE

Workers with travel time3,704± 572 MOE

Estimated home workers222± 150 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 Cordele 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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