Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 471632024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sullivan County, Tennessee
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.9 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Sullivan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Sullivan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 69,428 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sullivan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sullivan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 69,428 workers age 16+, including 62,034 workers with reported travel time and 7,394 home workers.
Population estimate160,624± — MOE
Workers age 16+69,428± 1,473 MOE
Workers with travel time62,034± 1,384 MOE
Estimated home workers7,394± 603 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
All Tennessee reports →Comparable Tennessee commute records for Sullivan County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.