ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47507802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Juliet, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 commute31.6 min → 30.2 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.7% → 22.0%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.7% → 68.6%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±3.5 pp
Carpool7.3% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.0% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 21,578 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate42,073± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+21,578± 766 MOE
Workers with travel time16,826± 915 MOE
Estimated home workers4,752± 604 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.