ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13309562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone84.4%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 20.9 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 6.6%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.7% → 84.4%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.4% ±3.0 pp
Carpool8.4% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,579 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% 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.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,416± 146 MOE
Workers age 16+4,579± 530 MOE
Workers with travel time4,278± 520 MOE
Estimated home workers301± 140 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.