What is the average commute in Fairburn city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fairburn city, Georgia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · GA · GEOID 13283802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairburn, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Fairburn city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.9 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 16.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.9 min±5.7 min MOE

Worked from home20.5%±7.2 pp MOE

Drove alone70.3%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.9%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 Fairburn city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 32.9 min▲ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 20.5%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 1.5%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.7% → 70.3%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairburn city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 1.5% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±5.4 pp

Carpool5.9% ±2.8 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.7 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.5% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 8,726 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairburn city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

87^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairburn city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,726 workers age 16+, including 6,937 workers with reported travel time and 1,789 home workers.

Population estimate16,831± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+8,726± 917 MOE

Workers with travel time6,937± 816 MOE

Estimated home workers1,789± 658 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 Fairburn 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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