What is the average commute in Coffee County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 470312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Coffee County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Coffee County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home9.3%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.0%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 Coffee County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 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 commute24.0 min → 25.5 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 9.3%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 78.7%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Coffee County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±2.1 pp

Carpool9.9% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.3% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 26,251 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Coffee County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Coffee County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 26,251 workers age 16+, including 23,822 workers with reported travel time and 2,429 home workers.

Population estimate59,710± — MOE

Workers age 16+26,251± 817 MOE

Workers with travel time23,822± 871 MOE

Estimated home workers2,429± 440 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 Coffee 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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