ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47415202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lebanon, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute24.5 min → 27.0 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 13.4%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 75.2%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±2.8 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home13.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 22,113 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,788± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+22,113± 860 MOE
Workers with travel time19,140± 952 MOE
Estimated home workers2,973± 558 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.