What is the average commute in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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 47520062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 20.4% worked from home, 66.5% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.5%; 1.5% used public transit and 20.4% worked from home.

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

How Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

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

71^thWork-from-home percentile

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

26^thTransit percentile

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

50^th60+ 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 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)'s commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 382,084 workers age 16+, including 304,251 workers with reported travel time and 77,833 home workers.

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 Tennessee commute records for Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)

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