ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13239002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Douglasville, Georgia

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.7%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 commute33.7 min → 32.7 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 17.0%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.3%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 73.9%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±4.3 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 18,671 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate37,536± 78 MOE
Workers age 16+18,671± 865 MOE
Workers with travel time15,499± 971 MOE
Estimated home workers3,172± 574 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.