ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13623282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Wentworth, Georgia

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.8%±9.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute27.1 min → 26.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.6% → 5.2%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone96.7% → 80.8%▼ 16.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.8% ±9.3 pp
Carpool12.2% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.2% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 7,457 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,892± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+7,457± 902 MOE
Workers with travel time7,072± 871 MOE
Estimated home workers385± 147 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.