ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13232002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dock Junction, Georgia

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 commute15.3 min → 16.8 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 4.0%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 66.8%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.8% ±5.2 pp
Carpool23.1% ±10.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 3,167 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% 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.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,147± 1,302 MOE
Workers age 16+3,167± 522 MOE
Workers with travel time3,040± 522 MOE
Estimated home workers127± 83 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.