ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · TN · GEOID 471832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Weakley County, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Weakley County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 20.9 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 6.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 77.2%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Weakley County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±2.8 pp
Carpool9.3% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.7% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 14,359 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Weakley County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Weakley County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,359 workers age 16+, including 13,396 workers with reported travel time and 963 home workers.

Population estimate33,016± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,359± 540 MOE
Workers with travel time13,396± 590 MOE
Estimated home workers963± 263 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 Weakley 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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