ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47154002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cleveland, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 commute20.0 min → 21.3 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.7%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 75.7%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.7% ±2.5 pp
Carpool11.9% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.7% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 21,624 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate48,829± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+21,624± 966 MOE
Workers with travel time19,527± 993 MOE
Estimated home workers2,097± 366 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.