ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47327422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.9 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 85.6% drove alone, and 14.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.9 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone85.6%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.0%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 Hartsville/Trousdale County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -9.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute43.0 min → 33.9 min▼ 9.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 5.7%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 85.6%▲ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hartsville/Trousdale County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.

Drive alone85.6% ±7.2 pp
Carpool8.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,100 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hartsville/Trousdale County compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hartsville/Trousdale County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,100 workers age 16+, including 4,811 workers with reported travel time and 289 home workers.

Population estimate11,957± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,100± 305 MOE
Workers with travel time4,811± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers289± 176 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 Hartsville/Trousdale County

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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