ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 471652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sumner County, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.2%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 commute29.5 min → 29.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 16.2%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 74.0%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.0% ±1.4 pp
Carpool7.7% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home16.2% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 104,034 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

8thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate204,424± — MOE
Workers age 16+104,034± 1,471 MOE
Workers with travel time87,184± 1,777 MOE
Estimated home workers16,850± 1,280 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.