Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13490082024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Macon-Bibb County, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.2 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 Macon-Bibb County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Macon-Bibb County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.8% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 62,314 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Macon-Bibb County compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Macon-Bibb County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 62,314 workers age 16+, including 56,413 workers with reported travel time and 5,901 home workers.
Population estimate156,578± — MOE
Workers age 16+62,314± 1,470 MOE
Workers with travel time56,413± 1,464 MOE
Estimated home workers5,901± 593 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
All Georgia reports →Comparable Georgia commute records for Macon-Bibb County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.