Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13561122024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Decatur, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 25.4% worked from home, 59.6% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.9 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home25.4%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone59.6%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 North Decatur CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 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 North Decatur CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.6%; 4.1% used public transit and 25.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,830 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Decatur CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Decatur CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,830 workers age 16+, including 7,331 workers with reported travel time and 2,499 home workers.
Population estimate18,442± 1,097 MOE
Workers age 16+9,830± 693 MOE
Workers with travel time7,331± 646 MOE
Estimated home workers2,499± 351 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 North Decatur CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.