What is the average commute in Paris city, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Paris city, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

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 47567202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Paris, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Paris city, Tennessee
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.5 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 81.1% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.5 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home6.1%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone81.1%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.8%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 Paris city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.4 min → 16.5 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 6.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 81.1%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Paris city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.1%; 1.2% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone81.1% ±5.4 pp

Carpool7.2% ±3.5 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home6.1% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,037 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Paris city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

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

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Paris city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,037 workers age 16+, including 3,789 workers with reported travel time and 248 home workers.

Population estimate10,338± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+4,037± 412 MOE

Workers with travel time3,789± 403 MOE

Estimated home workers248± 110 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 Paris city

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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