ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · GA · GEOID 13831682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilmington Island, Georgia

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 28.3 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 9.1%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 79.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±2.2 pp
Carpool8.7% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.1% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 7,038 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,905± 1,138 MOE
Workers age 16+7,038± 604 MOE
Workers with travel time6,400± 567 MOE
Estimated home workers638± 209 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.