ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47021802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashland City, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±11.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute30.8 min → 29.5 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 12.2%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 71.2%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.2% ±11.1 pp
Carpool11.3% ±8.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.2% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 2,854 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,424± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+2,854± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time2,506± 285 MOE
Estimated home workers348± 152 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.