What is the average commute in Martin city, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 47462402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Martin, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Martin city, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.7 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.7 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home7.4%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone71.3%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Martin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.2 min → 13.7 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 7.4%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 71.3%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Martin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.3% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±6.3 pp

Carpool10.2% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk7.3% ±2.9 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.6 pp

Work from home7.4% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,967 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Martin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Martin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,967 workers age 16+, including 4,600 workers with reported travel time and 367 home workers.

Population estimate10,915± 44 MOE

Workers age 16+4,967± 398 MOE

Workers with travel time4,600± 406 MOE

Estimated home workers367± 165 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 Martin 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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