ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13220522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Decatur, Georgia

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home38.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone47.3%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.8 min → 25.9 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.2% → 38.5%▲ 13.3 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 4.5%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.5% → 47.3%▼ 10.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone47.3% ±3.4 pp
Carpool3.2% ±1.3 pp
Public transit4.5% ±1.2 pp
Walk5.2% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.5 pp
Work from home38.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 11,779 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,518± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+11,779± 587 MOE
Workers with travel time7,245± 536 MOE
Estimated home workers4,534± 500 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.