Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13213802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dalton, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.5 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 Dalton city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Dalton city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,323 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dalton city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dalton city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,323 workers age 16+, including 15,547 workers with reported travel time and 776 home workers.
Population estimate34,538± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+16,323± 927 MOE
Workers with travel time15,547± 986 MOE
Estimated home workers776± 259 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
All Georgia reports →Comparable Georgia commute records for Dalton city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.