What is the average commute in Sylvester city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 13751882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sylvester, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Sylvester city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 9.1% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±4.8 min MOE

Worked from home9.1%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.7%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Sylvester city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.3 min → 22.7 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 9.1%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 2.4%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 79.7%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sylvester city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 2.4% used public transit and 9.1% worked from home.

Drive alone79.7% ±5.6 pp

Carpool5.8% ±3.6 pp

Public transit2.4% ±3.0 pp

Walk2.2% ±2.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp

Work from home9.1% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,311 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sylvester city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sylvester city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,311 workers age 16+, including 2,100 workers with reported travel time and 211 home workers.

Population estimate5,489± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+2,311± 282 MOE

Workers with travel time2,100± 262 MOE

Estimated home workers211± 103 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 Sylvester 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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