Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47243602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Erwin, Tennessee
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.4 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.2%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Erwin town's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Erwin town residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,703 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Erwin town compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Erwin town's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,703 workers age 16+, including 2,576 workers with reported travel time and 127 home workers.
Population estimate5,988± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+2,703± 288 MOE
Workers with travel time2,576± 309 MOE
Estimated home workers127± 86 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
All Tennessee reports →Comparable Tennessee commute records for Erwin town
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.