ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47235002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elizabethton, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 commute23.5 min → 20.9 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 10.8%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 77.7%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.7% ±2.6 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 5,766 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% 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.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,374± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+5,766± 390 MOE
Workers with travel time5,144± 365 MOE
Estimated home workers622± 168 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.