ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13310682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Stewart, Georgia

Mean one-way trip10.9 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.1%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.9%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 commute12.7 min → 10.9 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 4.1%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.2% → 70.1%▲ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.1% ±6.6 pp
Carpool14.9% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk9.7% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.2 pp
Work from home4.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 4,535 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% 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.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,285± 737 MOE
Workers age 16+4,535± 413 MOE
Workers with travel time4,349± 410 MOE
Estimated home workers186± 90 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.