What is the average commute in Montgomery County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 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 471252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Montgomery County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone79.6%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.4%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 Montgomery County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.6 min → 27.8 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 8.5%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 79.6%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Montgomery County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.6% ±1.4 pp

Carpool8.7% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.5% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 111,668 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Montgomery County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

19^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Montgomery County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 111,668 workers age 16+, including 102,144 workers with reported travel time and 9,524 home workers.

Population estimate234,153± — MOE

Workers age 16+111,668± 1,806 MOE

Workers with travel time102,144± 1,944 MOE

Estimated home workers9,524± 936 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 Montgomery 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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