What is the average commute in Thomson city, Georgia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 8.1 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 13762802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thomson, Georgia

Name: Commute estimates for Thomson city, Georgia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home10.2%±8.1 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±7.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Thomson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 16.8 min▼ 5.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 10.2%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 80.1%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Thomson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.5% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±7.3 pp

Carpool7.2% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home10.2% ±8.1 pp

Each share uses 2,697 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Thomson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

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

56^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Thomson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,697 workers age 16+, including 2,421 workers with reported travel time and 276 home workers.

Population estimate6,821± 14 MOE

Workers age 16+2,697± 376 MOE

Workers with travel time2,421± 387 MOE

Estimated home workers276± 221 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 Thomson 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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