What is the average commute in Smyrna town, Tennessee?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Smyrna town, Tennessee work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 47694202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smyrna, Tennessee

Name: Commute estimates for Smyrna town, Tennessee
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 73.0% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Smyrna town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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 Smyrna town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.

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

How Smyrna town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56^thMean commute percentile

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

48^thWork-from-home percentile

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

24^thTransit percentile

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

59^th60+ 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 Smyrna town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 29,920 workers age 16+, including 26,037 workers with reported travel time and 3,883 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Tennessee commute records for Smyrna town

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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