ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47567202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Paris, Tennessee

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

8thMean commute percentile

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

20thWork-from-home percentile

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

70thTransit percentile

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

24th60+ 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 the shares

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.