ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13780442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tyrone, Georgia

Mean one-way trip31.6 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.8 min → 31.6 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 21.1%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.0%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 73.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±8.4 pp
Carpool2.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±1.0 pp
Work from home21.1% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 4,205 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% 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.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,896± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+4,205± 319 MOE
Workers with travel time3,319± 406 MOE
Estimated home workers886± 287 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.