ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47034402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bartlett, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute24.6 min → 24.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 11.4%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.0% → 80.2%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.2% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.3% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.4% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 27,266 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate56,876± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+27,266± 1,004 MOE
Workers with travel time24,150± 1,096 MOE
Estimated home workers3,116± 442 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.