ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47401602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lafayette, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 1.5% worked from home, 80.8% drove alone, and 17.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±7.6 min MOE
Worked from home1.5%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.8%±10.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.1%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 Lafayette city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.6 min → 28.1 min▼ 6.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 1.5%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 80.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lafayette city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.8% ±10.9 pp
Carpool13.4% ±5.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk2.1% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home1.5% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 2,102 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lafayette city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% 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.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lafayette city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,102 workers age 16+, including 2,070 workers with reported travel time and 32 home workers.

Population estimate5,727± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,102± 313 MOE
Workers with travel time2,070± 325 MOE
Estimated home workers32± 61 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 Lafayette 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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