What is the average commute in Middle Valley CDP, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Middle Valley CDP, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 47483602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middle Valley, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Middle Valley CDP, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 18.7% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±5.1 min MOE

Worked from home18.7%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone77.1%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Middle Valley CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 24.4 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 18.7%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 77.1%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Middle Valley CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.1% ±5.6 pp

Carpool3.3% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home18.7% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 6,140 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Middle Valley CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Middle Valley CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,140 workers age 16+, including 4,989 workers with reported travel time and 1,151 home workers.

Population estimate12,187± 1,249 MOE

Workers age 16+6,140± 742 MOE

Workers with travel time4,989± 713 MOE

Estimated home workers1,151± 313 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 Middle Valley CDP

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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