What is the average commute in Lauderdale County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 470972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Lauderdale County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 3.1% worked from home, 84.5% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home3.1%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone84.5%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.0%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 Lauderdale County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 26.5 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 3.1%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 84.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lauderdale County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 3.1% worked from home.

Drive alone84.5% ±2.3 pp

Carpool9.8% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home3.1% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 8,729 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lauderdale County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lauderdale County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,729 workers age 16+, including 8,459 workers with reported travel time and 270 home workers.

Population estimate24,784± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,729± 460 MOE

Workers with travel time8,459± 440 MOE

Estimated home workers270± 123 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 Lauderdale 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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