ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · TN · GEOID 47759402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Union City, Tennessee

Mean one-way trip16.5 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home2.5%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 commute18.8 min → 16.5 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 2.5%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 77.3%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±4.5 pp
Carpool15.3% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp
Work from home2.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 4,522 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.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,982± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+4,522± 327 MOE
Workers with travel time4,407± 315 MOE
Estimated home workers115± 83 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.