Cannon County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Cannon County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cannon County spend about 67 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 278 hours, about 11.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 49% more time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 10.9 minutes.

Cannon County holds about 0.2% of Tennessee's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cannon County would save about 111 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,442 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Cannon County	33.3 min	66.6 min	278 hrs/yr	$8,605	686
Tennessee	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,785	1,225
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Tennessee Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Tennessee

Dyer County (15.9 min)
Henry County (16.7 min)
Obion County (17.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Tennessee

Cannon County (33.3 min)
Union County (33.2 min)
Fayette County (33.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Cannon County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 33.3 minutes to get to work in Cannon County. That's 49% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county in Tennessee

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Cannon County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Cannon County, versus 0.0% in Tennessee.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cannon County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.

Biking is essentially absent in Cannon County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.

Commute Mode Trends in Cannon County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Cannon County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	91.8%	5.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	1.4%
2010	92.3%	5.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.8%
2011	93.4%	3.7%	0.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.9%
2012	94.5%	2.3%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2013	95.6%	1.9%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	1.0%
2014	95.5%	2.0%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%
2015	94.6%	3.4%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	94.9%	3.8%	0.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	93.5%	5.4%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	94.4%	4.5%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	93.8%	4.6%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.7%	5.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.3%	6.8%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	93.2%	5.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.7%	7.6%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.0%	9.6%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 95.6%. Overall it fell from 91.8% in 2009 to 89.0% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Cannon County: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Cannon County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cannon County?

The bars show when commuters in Cannon County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Tennessee for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		8.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		14.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		6.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		12.2%

Cannon County Tennessee Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Cannon County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 20.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Tennessee: 40.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Cannon County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Cannon County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Cannon County next to Tennessee and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Cannon County	Tennessee	United States
2009	7:04 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:01 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:02 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:02 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:12 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:10 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:13 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:07 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:08 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:08 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:09 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:11 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:08 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:05 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:06 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:06 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Cannon County were on the road by 7:06 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:04 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Cannon County now leave 32 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Cannon County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Cannon County's commute time compare?

Metric	Cannon County	Tennessee	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.3 min	22.4 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.6%	12.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.0%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Cannon County is 33.3 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.

1.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Cannon County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Cannon County, TN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,818 residents against a local median of 59,710. Where Cannon County, TN breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 47% above the local median of 22.6 min at 33.3 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 10.2 min on one-way commute, so Cannon County, TN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cannon County, TN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Cannon County, TN	14,818	33.3 min #6/6	9.6% #3/6	7:06 AM #2/6
DeKalb County, TN	20,959	22.6 min	6.6%	6:56 AM
Warren County, TN	42,165	20.3 min	6.4%	7:09 AM
Coffee County, TN	59,710	21.4 min	9.3%	7:23 AM
Rutherford County, TN	357,384	23.6 min	15.0%	7:22 AM
Wilson County, TN	157,828	30.5 min	16.8%	7:12 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Cannon County, Tennessee.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Cannon County, Tennessee?

Commuters here spend an estimated 278 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,605 at a typical national wage. That's 49% more than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Cannon County, Tennessee?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Cannon County, Tennessee. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Tennessee?

Among counties in Tennessee, the shortest average commutes are in Dyer County (15.9 min), Henry County (16.7 min), Obion County (17.1 min). The longest are in Cannon County (33.3 min), Union County (33.2 min), Fayette County (33.1 min).