ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13783242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Union City, Georgia

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 commute27.7 min → 29.1 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 13.9%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 1.1%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 70.7%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.7% ±4.9 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.5 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.9% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 13,130 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,728± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+13,130± 1,125 MOE
Workers with travel time11,302± 1,107 MOE
Estimated home workers1,828± 599 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.