Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47602802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Portland, Tennessee
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 7.1% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.9 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.1%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 Portland city'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 +1.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Portland city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,173 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Portland city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Portland city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,173 workers age 16+, including 6,662 workers with reported travel time and 511 home workers.
Population estimate13,449± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+7,173± 487 MOE
Workers with travel time6,662± 493 MOE
Estimated home workers511± 197 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
All Tennessee reports →Comparable Tennessee commute records for Portland city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.