Mean Commute Time in Shelby County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Mean Commute Time Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Commute Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's mean commute time of 24.5 min compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 3.7 min to 49.1 min.
Distribution of Mean Commute Time Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Shelby County for mean commute time.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,036 | Sweetwater County, WY | 24.5 min |
| #2,037 | Jay County, IN | 24.5 min |
| #2,038 | Vernon Parish, LA | 24.5 min |
| #2,039 | Shelby County, TN | 24.5 min |
| #2,040 | Greene County, IA | 24.5 min |
| #2,041 | Alcorn County, MS | 24.5 min |
| #2,042 | Lebanon County, PA | 24.5 min |
About Mean Commute Time
Shelby County, Tennessee has a mean commute time of 24.5 min, ranking #2,039 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 11.1% below the national value of 27.6 min. Within Tennessee, it ranks #85 of 95. This places it in the 37th percentile nationally.
Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.