ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13242642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Druid Hills, Georgia

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home25.2%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone60.7%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute25.8 min → 25.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.2% → 25.2%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.4% → 60.7%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.7% ±6.1 pp
Carpool3.0% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp
Walk8.6% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.9 pp
Work from home25.2% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 4,311 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

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

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,169± 792 MOE
Workers age 16+4,311± 520 MOE
Workers with travel time3,226± 436 MOE
Estimated home workers1,085± 258 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.