ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47453202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Madisonville, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone84.3%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute22.3 min → 24.2 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 6.1%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.9% → 84.3%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.3% ±6.2 pp
Carpool6.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home6.1% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 2,012 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.

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,241± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,012± 257 MOE
Workers with travel time1,890± 257 MOE
Estimated home workers122± 116 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.