Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13662762024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rockmart, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.5 min±7.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±7.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±12.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 Rockmart city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 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 Rockmart city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,205 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rockmart city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 70th 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 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rockmart city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,205 workers age 16+, including 2,086 workers with reported travel time and 119 home workers.
Population estimate5,204± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,205± 325 MOE
Workers with travel time2,086± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers119± 169 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 Rockmart city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.