ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13561682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Druid Hills, Georgia

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home28.9%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone58.6%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute23.8 min → 22.8 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.5% → 28.9%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 3.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.2% → 58.6%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.6% ±4.5 pp
Carpool4.2% ±1.9 pp
Public transit3.3% ±1.6 pp
Walk3.1% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home28.9% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 10,578 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,997± 1,380 MOE
Workers age 16+10,578± 832 MOE
Workers with travel time7,518± 734 MOE
Estimated home workers3,060± 576 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.