ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13310962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Valley, Georgia

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home3.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.8 min → 24.6 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 3.0%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 76.7%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.7% ±7.7 pp
Carpool14.8% ±7.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.8% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 3,754 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,858± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+3,754± 359 MOE
Workers with travel time3,641± 368 MOE
Estimated home workers113± 82 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.