What is the average commute in Morgan County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 471292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morgan County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Morgan County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.5 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 84.0% drove alone, and 14.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.5 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone84.0%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.8%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 Morgan County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.4 min → 35.5 min▲ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 6.5%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 84.0%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morgan County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.0% ±4.2 pp

Carpool7.9% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 7,675 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morgan County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morgan County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,675 workers age 16+, including 7,173 workers with reported travel time and 502 home workers.

Population estimate21,361± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,675± 454 MOE

Workers with travel time7,173± 433 MOE

Estimated home workers502± 165 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 Morgan 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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