What is the average commute in Fentress County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 470492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fentress County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Fentress County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Fentress County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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 Fentress County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.

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

How Fentress County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

69^thMean commute percentile

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

50^thWork-from-home percentile

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

55^thTransit percentile

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

70^th60+ 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 Fentress County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,939 workers age 16+, including 6,426 workers with reported travel time and 513 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Tennessee commute records for Fentress 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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