ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 471492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rutherford County, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 28.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 15.0%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 73.0%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±1.0 pp
Carpool9.8% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.0 pp
Work from home15.0% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 191,041 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

30thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate360,646± — MOE
Workers age 16+191,041± 2,199 MOE
Workers with travel time162,382± 2,623 MOE
Estimated home workers28,659± 1,643 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.