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Decatur County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Decatur County, Tennessee: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Decatur County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Decatur County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 181 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.

Decatur County holds about 0.2% of Tennessee's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Decatur County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,242 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)
Decatur County 21.7 min 43.4 min 181 hrs/yr $5,605 328
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
  1. Dyer County (15.9 min)
  2. Henry County (16.7 min)
  3. Obion County (17.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Tennessee
  1. Cannon County (33.3 min)
  2. Union County (33.2 min)
  3. Fayette County (33.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Decatur County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.7 minutes to get to work in Decatur County. That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Decatur County

  • Car: 92.9%
  • Worked at Home: 5.5%
  • Walked: 1.3%
  • Other: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Decatur County, versus 0.4% in Tennessee.

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Decatur County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Decatur 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 Walked Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 97.0% 2.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2010 96.4% 2.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2011 93.8% 2.9% 3.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.5% 2.5% 2.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.8% 2.2% 2.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.8% 3.2% 2.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.8% 3.5% 1.6% 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 93.7% 4.1% 0.8% 0.9% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 91.5% 5.5% 0.9% 1.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 90.9% 7.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 92.7% 5.6% 0.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 92.1% 6.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 91.9% 6.8% 0.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 92.2% 6.3% 1.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 92.7% 4.8% 1.9% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 92.9% 5.5% 1.3% 0.2% 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 bottomed out in 2018 at 90.9%. Overall it fell from 97.0% in 2009 to 92.9% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Decatur County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 5.5% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points.

Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.0% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 1.3%.

Commute Start Times in Decatur County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Decatur County?

The bars show when commuters in Decatur 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
8.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
10.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
17.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Decatur County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 26.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Tennessee: 44.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.2%) 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 Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County Tennessee United States
2009 7:02 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:08 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:07 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:06 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:11 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:08 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:09 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:13 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:07 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:00 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:03 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:56 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:01 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:06 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:10 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:08 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Decatur County were on the road by 7:08 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:02 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Decatur County now leave 30 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 Decatur County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Decatur County's commute time compare?

Metric Decatur County Tennessee US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.7 min 22.4 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 5.5% 12.9% 15.0%
Walked 1.3% 1.2% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Decatur County is about the same as in Tennessee.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 1.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Decatur County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Decatur County, TN is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 11,579 residents against a local median of 16,168. The measure that sets Decatur County, TN apart most is work from home: 5.5%, 44% below the local median of 9.8%.

The counties themselves spread 4.4% on work from home, so Decatur County, TN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Decatur County, TN has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Decatur County, TN 11,579 21.7 min #3/6 5.5% #6/6 7:08 AM #3/6
Perry County, TN 8,697 23.5 min 10.3% 7:01 AM
Henderson County, TN 27,980 23.4 min 9.8% 7:14 AM
Hardin County, TN 27,249 18.8 min 7.3% 7:13 AM
Benton County, TN 16,006 18.8 min 5.9% 7:18 AM
Wayne County, TN 16,168 28.2 min 10.2% 7:05 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Decatur County, Tennessee.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Decatur County, Tennessee?

Commuters here spend an estimated 181 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,605 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Decatur County, Tennessee?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Decatur County, Tennessee?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Tennessee, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).