ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47549202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oakland, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.0 min one way; 12.6% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.0 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.6%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±6.2 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 Oakland town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute38.2 min → 35.0 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 12.6%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 71.7%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oakland town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.7% ±6.2 pp
Carpool9.6% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.6% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 5,215 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oakland town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% 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.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oakland town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,215 workers age 16+, including 4,558 workers with reported travel time and 657 home workers.

Population estimate9,979± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,215± 364 MOE
Workers with travel time4,558± 426 MOE
Estimated home workers657± 269 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 Oakland town

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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