ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13714922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smyrna, Georgia

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home29.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone60.4%±3.2 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 commute28.6 min → 29.8 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 29.6%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 60.4%▼ 13.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.4% ±3.2 pp
Carpool6.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home29.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 32,398 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate56,633± 61 MOE
Workers age 16+32,398± 1,338 MOE
Workers with travel time22,824± 1,190 MOE
Estimated home workers9,574± 1,052 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.