What is the average commute in Unicoi County, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Unicoi County, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 471712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Unicoi County, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Unicoi County, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 82.8% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home6.0%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone82.8%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Unicoi County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 25.9 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 6.0%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 82.8%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Unicoi County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.

Drive alone82.8% ±4.2 pp

Carpool8.7% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 7,720 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Unicoi County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

36^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Unicoi County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,720 workers age 16+, including 7,256 workers with reported travel time and 464 home workers.

Population estimate17,756± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,720± 458 MOE

Workers with travel time7,256± 447 MOE

Estimated home workers464± 170 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 Unicoi 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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