ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47383202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Johnson City, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.3 min → 18.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 12.5%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 75.1%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±2.4 pp
Carpool8.4% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.5% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 34,748 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.

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate72,222± 439 MOE
Workers age 16+34,748± 1,179 MOE
Workers with travel time30,393± 1,170 MOE
Estimated home workers4,355± 604 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.