ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47163002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Collegedale, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 18.8% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone62.1%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 Collegedale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 21.6 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.7% → 18.8%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.2% → 62.1%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Collegedale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.8% worked from home.

Drive alone62.1% ±6.4 pp
Carpool9.1% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk9.8% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.8% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 5,998 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Collegedale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% 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.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Collegedale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,998 workers age 16+, including 4,872 workers with reported travel time and 1,126 home workers.

Population estimate11,330± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+5,998± 589 MOE
Workers with travel time4,872± 579 MOE
Estimated home workers1,126± 355 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 Collegedale city

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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