What is the average commute in Lovejoy city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Lovejoy city, Georgia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · GA · GEOID 13476162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lovejoy, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Lovejoy city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.4 min one way; 13.4% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 15.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±6.1 min MOE

Worked from home13.4%±6.4 pp MOE

Drove alone80.6%±6.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.6%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 Lovejoy city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -7.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute41.7 min → 34.4 min▼ 7.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 13.4%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 80.6%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lovejoy city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.4% worked from home.

Drive alone80.6% ±6.8 pp

Carpool4.1% ±3.5 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home13.4% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 5,010 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lovejoy city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lovejoy city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,010 workers age 16+, including 4,337 workers with reported travel time and 673 home workers.

Population estimate11,508± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+5,010± 525 MOE

Workers with travel time4,337± 525 MOE

Estimated home workers673± 327 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 Lovejoy 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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