Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 470452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dyer County, Tennessee
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 88.6% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.8 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone88.6%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Dyer County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Dyer County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 88.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 15,912 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dyer County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dyer County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 15,912 workers age 16+, including 15,136 workers with reported travel time and 776 home workers.
Population estimate36,508± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,912± 561 MOE
Workers with travel time15,136± 570 MOE
Estimated home workers776± 272 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
All Tennessee reports →Comparable Tennessee commute records for Dyer County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.