What is the average commute in Sandersville city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sandersville city, Georgia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · GA · GEOID 13682082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sandersville, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Sandersville city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.1 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 70.1% drove alone, and 2.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.1 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.9%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone70.1%±9.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.1%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 Sandersville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute18.0 min → 14.1 min▼ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.9% → 4.9%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 70.1%▼ 13.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sandersville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.

Drive alone70.1% ±9.6 pp

Carpool22.4% ±12.8 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.6% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp

Work from home4.9% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 1,908 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sandersville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sandersville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,908 workers age 16+, including 1,814 workers with reported travel time and 94 home workers.

Population estimate5,601± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+1,908± 311 MOE

Workers with travel time1,814± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers94± 71 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

Comparable Georgia commute records for Sandersville city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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