ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47254402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairview, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.1 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 75.1% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.1 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Fairview 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 +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.4 min → 37.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 16.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 75.1%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairview city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone75.1% ±5.4 pp
Carpool8.0% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.6% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,982 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairview city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% 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.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairview city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,982 workers age 16+, including 4,157 workers with reported travel time and 825 home workers.

Population estimate10,009± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+4,982± 444 MOE
Workers with travel time4,157± 422 MOE
Estimated home workers825± 185 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 Fairview 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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