ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13471402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Locust Grove, Georgia

Mean one-way trip34.8 min±9.3 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.2%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 commute35.2 min → 34.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 13.8%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.8%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.1% → 77.5%▼ 12.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±8.6 pp
Carpool5.5% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.8% ±2.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.8% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 5,104 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,532± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+5,104± 482 MOE
Workers with travel time4,399± 542 MOE
Estimated home workers705± 345 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.