ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47220002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dunlap, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home18.6%±9.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.2%±11.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 commute27.6 min → 24.6 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 18.6%▲ 15.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 68.2%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.2% ±11.2 pp
Carpool9.5% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.2 pp
Work from home18.6% ±9.5 pp

Each share uses 1,620 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% 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.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,678± 15 MOE
Workers age 16+1,620± 310 MOE
Workers with travel time1,318± 261 MOE
Estimated home workers302± 165 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.