ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47534602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nolensville, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip36.8 min±10.5 min MOE
Worked from home31.1%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone61.7%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 commute36.2 min → 36.8 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.3% → 31.1%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 61.7%▼ 13.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.7% ±7.8 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home31.1% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 8,251 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% 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.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,074± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+8,251± 580 MOE
Workers with travel time5,689± 706 MOE
Estimated home workers2,562± 563 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.