What is the average commute in Cannon County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cannon County, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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.

COUNTY · TN · GEOID 470152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cannon County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Cannon County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.4 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 81.4% drove alone, and 14.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.4 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home9.6%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone81.4%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.4%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 Cannon County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.0 min → 35.4 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 9.6%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.0%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 81.4%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cannon County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

Drive alone81.4% ±3.5 pp

Carpool7.5% ±2.6 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home9.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,255 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cannon County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

72^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

84^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cannon County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,255 workers age 16+, including 5,656 workers with reported travel time and 599 home workers.

Population estimate14,818± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,255± 397 MOE

Workers with travel time5,656± 364 MOE

Estimated home workers599± 234 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 Tennessee commute records for Cannon County

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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