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Commuting in La Vergne, 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 La Vergne: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in La Vergne spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 259 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% more time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 8.7 minutes.

La Vergne holds about 0.6% of Tennessee's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in La Vergne would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,216 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)
La Vergne 31.1 min 62.2 min 259 hrs/yr $8,040 4,430
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.

La Vergne Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.1 minutes to get to work in La Vergne. That's 39% longer 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 12.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in La Vergne

  • Car: 86.3%
  • Worked at Home: 12.9%
  • Other: 0.4%
  • Public Transportation: 0.3%
  • Taxi: 0.1%
  • Walked: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in La Vergne: 9.9 times less than the Tennessee average (0.0% vs 0.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in La Vergne: 82.2 times less than the Tennessee average (0.0% vs 1.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in La Vergne, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.

Few people walk or bike to work in La Vergne: just 0.0%, 89.7 times below the Tennessee average of 1.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in La Vergne, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in La Vergne 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Walked
2009 96.5% 1.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7%
2010 96.3% 1.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.6%
2011 96.5% 1.4% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7%
2012 95.8% 1.9% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
2013 95.9% 2.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5%
2014 96.0% 1.6% 1.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
2015 96.4% 1.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
2016 95.1% 2.6% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5%
2017 95.0% 2.8% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7%
2018 95.6% 3.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.6%
2019 94.1% 4.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2020 92.2% 6.7% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2021 89.1% 9.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2022 88.5% 10.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2023 87.9% 10.7% 0.7% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.3% 12.9% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 96.5% in 2009 to 86.3% in 2024, down 10.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in La Vergne: its share of workers rose from 1.8% in 2009 to 12.9% in 2024, up 11.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in La Vergne

What Time Do People Leave for Work in La Vergne?

The bars show when commuters in La Vergne 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
10.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
9.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
5.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.6%

La Vergne Tennessee Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in La Vergne is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 24.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Tennessee: 37.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.4%) 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 La Vergne, 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 La Vergne 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 La Vergne 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 La Vergne Tennessee United States
2009 7:09 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:10 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:10 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:14 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:17 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:13 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:11 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:10 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:03 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:02 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:02 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:58 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:02 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:01 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:05 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:02 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in La Vergne were on the road by 7:02 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:09 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in La Vergne now leave 36 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does La Vergne's commute time compare?

Metric La Vergne Tennessee US Average
Avg. Commute Time 31.1 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 12.9% 12.9% 15.0%
Walked < 0.1% 1.2% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.3% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in La Vergne is 31.1 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 0.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

La Vergne, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How La Vergne, TN compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
La Vergne, TN 39,679 31.1 min #3/3 12.9% #3/3 7:02 AM #1/3
Smyrna, TN 46,130 23.0 min 13.4% 7:18 AM
Mount Juliet, TN 30,009 31.1 min 21.3% 7:09 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in La Vergne, Tennessee.

Is living in La Vergne, Tennessee good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 259 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,040 at a typical national wage. That's 39% more than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in La Vergne, Tennessee?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in La Vergne, 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.