ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 470612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grundy County, Tennessee

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

95thMean commute percentile

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

34thWork-from-home percentile

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

57thTransit percentile

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

91th60+ 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 the shares

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.