ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47694202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smyrna, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 commute27.3 min → 26.3 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 13.0%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 73.0%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±3.9 pp
Carpool11.8% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home13.0% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 29,920 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate56,692± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+29,920± 1,294 MOE
Workers with travel time26,037± 1,395 MOE
Estimated home workers3,883± 519 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.