ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13390762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hiram, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 45.5 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 27.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip45.5 min±22.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.7%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 Hiram city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +13.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.9 min → 45.5 min▲ 13.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 13.9%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 3.9%▲ 3.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 75.7%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hiram city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 3.9% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.

Drive alone75.7% ±4.9 pp
Carpool5.8% ±5.1 pp
Public transit3.9% ±6.0 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home13.9% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 2,850 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hiram city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hiram city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,850 workers age 16+, including 2,453 workers with reported travel time and 397 home workers.

Population estimate5,231± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+2,850± 384 MOE
Workers with travel time2,453± 428 MOE
Estimated home workers397± 191 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 Hiram 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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