What is the average commute in Milton city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 39.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 13516702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milton, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Milton city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 39.0% worked from home, 53.2% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home39.0%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone53.2%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.9%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 Milton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +15.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.9 min → 28.0 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.2% → 39.0%▲ 15.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.6%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 53.2%▼ 17.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Milton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.2%; 0.6% used public transit and 39.0% worked from home.

Drive alone53.2% ±3.3 pp

Carpool5.6% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home39.0% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 21,950 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Milton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Milton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 21,950 workers age 16+, including 13,386 workers with reported travel time and 8,564 home workers.

Population estimate41,546± 49 MOE

Workers age 16+21,950± 1,262 MOE

Workers with travel time13,386± 1,047 MOE

Estimated home workers8,564± 908 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 Milton 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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