ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13758322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Temple, Georgia

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.7 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 70.1% drove alone, and 17.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.7 min±11.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.1%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.5%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 Temple city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +8.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.3 min → 37.7 min▲ 8.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 12.2%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.5% → 70.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Temple city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.1% ±7.1 pp
Carpool17.6% ±10.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home12.2% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 3,179 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Temple city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Temple city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,179 workers age 16+, including 2,790 workers with reported travel time and 389 home workers.

Population estimate5,901± 94 MOE
Workers age 16+3,179± 415 MOE
Workers with travel time2,790± 444 MOE
Estimated home workers389± 233 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 Temple 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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