ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13247682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dunwoody, Georgia

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home33.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone55.1%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 commute24.7 min → 24.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.2% → 33.9%▲ 13.7 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 1.7%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.9% → 55.1%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.1% ±3.4 pp
Carpool6.9% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home33.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 27,805 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate51,758± 87 MOE
Workers age 16+27,805± 917 MOE
Workers with travel time18,386± 1,122 MOE
Estimated home workers9,419± 813 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.