What is the average commute in Rhea County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Rhea 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 2.0 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 471432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rhea County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Rhea County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.6%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 Rhea County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.2 min → 29.5 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 6.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 79.5%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rhea County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±3.1 pp

Carpool12.0% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp

Work from home6.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 13,334 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rhea County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

31^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rhea County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,334 workers age 16+, including 12,463 workers with reported travel time and 871 home workers.

Population estimate33,992± — MOE

Workers age 16+13,334± 781 MOE

Workers with travel time12,463± 768 MOE

Estimated home workers871± 272 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 Rhea 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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