What is the average commute in Dickson city, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Dickson city, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TN · GEOID 47206202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dickson, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Dickson city, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 75.2% drove alone, and 14.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.8%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone75.2%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.0%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 Dickson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 26.8 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 10.8%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.8%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.8% → 75.2%▼ 13.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dickson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.2%; 1.8% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.2% ±4.9 pp

Carpool6.9% ±3.4 pp

Public transit1.8% ±2.0 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home10.8% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 8,370 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dickson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dickson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,370 workers age 16+, including 7,465 workers with reported travel time and 905 home workers.

Population estimate16,424± 65 MOE

Workers age 16+8,370± 566 MOE

Workers with travel time7,465± 581 MOE

Estimated home workers905± 302 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 Dickson 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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