What is the average commute in Grundy County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 470612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grundy County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Grundy County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.1 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 17.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.1 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home5.8%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.0%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 Grundy County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.9 min → 35.1 min▲ 5.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 5.8%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 79.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grundy County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±2.9 pp

Carpool12.3% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home5.8% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 5,047 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grundy County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grundy County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,047 workers age 16+, including 4,753 workers with reported travel time and 294 home workers.

Population estimate13,819± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,047± 393 MOE

Workers with travel time4,753± 369 MOE

Estimated home workers294± 98 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 Grundy 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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