What is the average commute in Kingsport city, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 47395602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingsport, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Kingsport city, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 12.1% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.1%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone78.3%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Kingsport city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.1 min → 19.1 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 12.1%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 78.3%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kingsport city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.1% worked from home.

Drive alone78.3% ±1.7 pp

Carpool6.1% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.1% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 23,391 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kingsport city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kingsport city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 23,391 workers age 16+, including 20,549 workers with reported travel time and 2,842 home workers.

Population estimate56,262± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+23,391± 884 MOE

Workers with travel time20,549± 837 MOE

Estimated home workers2,842± 357 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 Kingsport 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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