ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 470492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fentress County, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 commute24.2 min → 27.5 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 7.4%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.6% → 79.8%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.8% ±5.1 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.4% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 6,939 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,309± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,939± 472 MOE
Workers with travel time6,426± 499 MOE
Estimated home workers513± 186 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.