ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13762242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thomasville, Georgia

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute16.5 min → 16.3 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 6.2%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 75.8%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±4.2 pp
Carpool16.0% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.2% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,370 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,666± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+8,370± 601 MOE
Workers with travel time7,855± 636 MOE
Estimated home workers515± 253 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.