ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13200642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Covington, Georgia

Mean one-way trip36.5 min±10.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.2%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.6%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 commute36.1 min → 36.5 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.1% → 16.2%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.7% → 71.7%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.7% ±5.7 pp
Carpool6.6% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.5 pp
Work from home16.2% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 6,499 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,584± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+6,499± 519 MOE
Workers with travel time5,447± 596 MOE
Estimated home workers1,052± 476 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.