ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13209322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cumming, Georgia

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.5%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 commute28.0 min → 28.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 15.5%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.5% → 71.7%▲ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.7% ±10.3 pp
Carpool11.4% ±6.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home15.5% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 4,124 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,469± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+4,124± 435 MOE
Workers with travel time3,483± 458 MOE
Estimated home workers641± 244 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.