ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13521922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.1 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 15.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.0%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 Monroe 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 +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.9 min → 32.1 min▲ 7.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 12.0%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 73.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monroe city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 1.1% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.9% ±3.2 pp
Carpool10.0% ±4.7 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.0% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 5,817 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monroe city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monroe city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,817 workers age 16+, including 5,121 workers with reported travel time and 696 home workers.

Population estimate15,648± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+5,817± 657 MOE
Workers with travel time5,121± 594 MOE
Estimated home workers696± 369 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 Monroe 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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