ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 471612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stewart County, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip36.3 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute37.5 min → 36.3 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 5.9%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 75.1%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±5.8 pp
Carpool16.3% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.9% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 5,822 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,027± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,822± 363 MOE
Workers with travel time5,481± 340 MOE
Estimated home workers341± 125 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.