What is the average commute in Gallatin city, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Gallatin city, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TN · GEOID 47285402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gallatin, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Gallatin city, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 73.1% drove alone, and 10.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home15.2%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.1%±3.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.2%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 Gallatin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 26.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.2%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 73.1%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gallatin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone73.1% ±3.4 pp

Carpool9.2% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home15.2% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 24,314 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gallatin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gallatin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 24,314 workers age 16+, including 20,608 workers with reported travel time and 3,706 home workers.

Population estimate48,532± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+24,314± 1,067 MOE

Workers with travel time20,608± 1,133 MOE

Estimated home workers3,706± 675 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 Gallatin 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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