ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47490602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Millington, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 1.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.3%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.7%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 Millington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.5 min → 20.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 6.3%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 79.3%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Millington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±4.6 pp
Carpool12.6% ±5.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.3% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 4,964 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Millington city compares with similar-size places

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

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

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Millington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,964 workers age 16+, including 4,649 workers with reported travel time and 315 home workers.

Population estimate11,289± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+4,964± 531 MOE
Workers with travel time4,649± 522 MOE
Estimated home workers315± 163 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 Millington 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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