ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47455002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Manchester, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 commute26.1 min → 25.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 8.5%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 74.1%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.1% ±3.1 pp
Carpool13.3% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.0% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.5% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 6,278 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.

54thMean commute percentile

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

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,944± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+6,278± 475 MOE
Workers with travel time5,744± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers534± 183 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.