Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13685162024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sandy Springs, Georgia
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 31.9% worked from home, 58.7% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.8 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home31.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone58.7%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Sandy Springs city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.7 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 Sandy Springs city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.7%; 2.9% used public transit and 31.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 62,833 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sandy Springs city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sandy Springs city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 62,833 workers age 16+, including 42,786 workers with reported travel time and 20,047 home workers.
Population estimate107,087± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+62,833± 1,311 MOE
Workers with travel time42,786± 1,681 MOE
Estimated home workers20,047± 1,279 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 Sandy Springs city
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.