ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47277402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 30.4% worked from home, 61.9% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home30.4%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone61.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 Franklin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 23.9 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.7% → 30.4%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 61.9%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 30.4% worked from home.

Drive alone61.9% ±2.6 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home30.4% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 46,072 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 46,072 workers age 16+, including 32,069 workers with reported travel time and 14,003 home workers.

Population estimate87,133± 73 MOE
Workers age 16+46,072± 1,158 MOE
Workers with travel time32,069± 1,439 MOE
Estimated home workers14,003± 931 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 Franklin 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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