ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13652962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rincon, Georgia

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 commute28.9 min → 28.7 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 7.2%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.6% → 80.6%▼ 10.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±5.6 pp
Carpool10.4% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.2% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,188 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.

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% 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.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,332± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+5,188± 556 MOE
Workers with travel time4,815± 545 MOE
Estimated home workers373± 165 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.