ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13738162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 commute32.5 min → 26.2 min▼ 6.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 6.8%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit9.5% → 3.2%▼ 6.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 74.8%▲ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±7.0 pp
Carpool13.0% ±7.1 pp
Public transit3.2% ±2.5 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.8% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,122 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.

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,623± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+3,122± 428 MOE
Workers with travel time2,910± 426 MOE
Estimated home workers212± 113 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.