ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47151602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clarksville, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 27.0 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 8.5%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 79.7%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.7% ±1.6 pp
Carpool8.5% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home8.5% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 84,497 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.

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

19thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate176,456± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+84,497± 1,634 MOE
Workers with travel time77,351± 1,829 MOE
Estimated home workers7,146± 911 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.