What is the average commute in Statesboro city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 13732562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Statesboro, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Statesboro city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 12.3% worked from home, 71.1% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home12.3%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone71.1%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.7%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 Statesboro city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 22.9 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 12.3%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 71.1%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Statesboro city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.1%; 0.9% used public transit and 12.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.1% ±4.1 pp

Carpool9.8% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.7 pp

Walk3.5% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.5 pp

Work from home12.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 14,228 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Statesboro city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Statesboro city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,228 workers age 16+, including 12,484 workers with reported travel time and 1,744 home workers.

Population estimate34,149± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+14,228± 769 MOE

Workers with travel time12,484± 803 MOE

Estimated home workers1,744± 368 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 Statesboro 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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