ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13255522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Eastman, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±9.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Eastman city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -8.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.8 min → 16.8 min▼ 8.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 8.8%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 75.0%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Eastman city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.0% ±9.2 pp
Carpool14.6% ±8.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home8.8% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 2,207 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Eastman city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% 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.

31th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Eastman city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,207 workers age 16+, including 2,013 workers with reported travel time and 194 home workers.

Population estimate5,584± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,207± 274 MOE
Workers with travel time2,013± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers194± 134 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Georgia commute records for Eastman city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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