What is the average commute in Perry County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 471352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Perry County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Perry County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 20.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±6.8 min MOE

Worked from home10.3%±4.4 pp MOE

Drove alone70.0%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.6%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 Perry County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 32.8 min▲ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 10.3%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 2.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 70.0%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Perry County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 2.4% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

Drive alone70.0% ±6.7 pp

Carpool16.5% ±5.7 pp

Public transit2.4% ±2.3 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home10.3% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,559 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Perry County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

96^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Perry County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,559 workers age 16+, including 3,193 workers with reported travel time and 366 home workers.

Population estimate8,697± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,559± 319 MOE

Workers with travel time3,193± 340 MOE

Estimated home workers366± 159 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 Perry 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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