ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13476162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lovejoy, Georgia

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

91thMean commute percentile

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

58thWork-from-home percentile

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

47thTransit percentile

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

88th60+ 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 the shares

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.