ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47520062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home20.4%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute25.0 min → 24.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 20.4%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.8% → 66.5%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.5% ±0.8 pp
Carpool8.1% ±0.5 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home20.4% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 382,084 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

26thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate690,130± 74 MOE
Workers age 16+382,084± 3,085 MOE
Workers with travel time304,251± 3,882 MOE
Estimated home workers77,833± 2,825 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 nearby records

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