What is the average commute in Morristown city, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 47502802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morristown, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Morristown city, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 3.3% worked from home, 84.3% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home3.3%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone84.3%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%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 Morristown city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.2 min → 21.5 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 3.3%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 84.3%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morristown city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.3% worked from home.

Drive alone84.3% ±4.1 pp

Carpool8.3% ±3.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home3.3% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 12,744 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morristown city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 25th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morristown city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,744 workers age 16+, including 12,325 workers with reported travel time and 419 home workers.

Population estimate31,527± 50 MOE

Workers age 16+12,744± 799 MOE

Workers with travel time12,325± 786 MOE

Estimated home workers419± 170 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 Morristown 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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