ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47633402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ripley, Tennessee

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 3.7% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home3.7%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 Ripley city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 23.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 3.7%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 77.9%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ripley city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.7% used public transit and 3.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±4.2 pp
Carpool15.3% ±8.4 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp
Work from home3.7% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 2,594 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ripley city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ripley city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,594 workers age 16+, including 2,498 workers with reported travel time and 96 home workers.

Population estimate7,658± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+2,594± 279 MOE
Workers with travel time2,498± 280 MOE
Estimated home workers96± 86 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 Ripley 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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