ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47311002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Green Hill, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±10.1 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±9.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 28.9 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 17.1%▲ 12.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.6% → 77.0%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.0% ±9.8 pp
Carpool2.9% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home17.1% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 3,287 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% 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.

73th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,866± 1,010 MOE
Workers age 16+3,287± 567 MOE
Workers with travel time2,726± 569 MOE
Estimated home workers561± 235 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.