Commuting in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Montgomery County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way.
Montgomery County holds about 3.3% of Tennessee's population and accounts for roughly 3.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Montgomery County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,319 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)
Montgomery County
22.4 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,797
1,641
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.
On average, it takes
22.4
minutes to get to work in
Montgomery County.
That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Montgomery County
Car:
88.3%
Worked at Home:
8.5%
Other:
1.3%
Walked:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Montgomery County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Montgomery 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
94.2%
2.2%
1.3%
1.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
94.4%
2.3%
1.0%
1.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
94.5%
2.2%
0.8%
1.7%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
94.3%
2.1%
0.7%
1.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
94.1%
2.2%
0.8%
1.9%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
93.5%
2.2%
1.0%
1.9%
0.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
92.9%
2.0%
1.1%
2.2%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
93.2%
2.4%
1.0%
1.9%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
93.6%
2.6%
1.0%
1.5%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.7%
2.6%
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.8%
2.9%
1.0%
1.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
93.5%
3.7%
0.9%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
92.5%
4.6%
1.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
91.1%
6.0%
1.0%
0.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
89.9%
7.1%
1.2%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
88.3%
8.5%
1.3%
1.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 88.3% in 2024, down 5.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Montgomery County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 8.5% in 2024, up 6.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Montgomery County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Montgomery County?
The bars show when commuters in Montgomery 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
12:00-4:59 AMMontgomery County7.3%Tennessee5.8%
7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMontgomery County6.8%Tennessee4.4%
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMontgomery County9.7%Tennessee5.5%
9.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMontgomery County11.1%Tennessee9.9%
11.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMontgomery County11.5%Tennessee10.1%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMontgomery County11.1%Tennessee14.7%
11.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMontgomery County8.5%Tennessee11.5%
8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMontgomery County7.2%Tennessee10.1%
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMontgomery County5.2%Tennessee4.5%
5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMontgomery County4.9%Tennessee5.7%
4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMontgomery County2.2%Tennessee2.5%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMontgomery County1.2%Tennessee1.2%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMontgomery County5.9%Tennessee6.8%
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMontgomery County7.4%Tennessee7.4%
7.4%
Montgomery CountyTennesseeSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Montgomery County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 11.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 23.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Tennessee: 38.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.6%) 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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
Montgomery County
Tennessee
United States
2009
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:10 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:11 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:11 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:09 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:09 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:05 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:59 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:59 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:03 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:05 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:08 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:12 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:12 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:10 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Montgomery County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:07 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Montgomery County now leave 28 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 Montgomery County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Montgomery County's commute time compare?
Metric
Montgomery County
Tennessee
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.4 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.5%
12.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Montgomery County is about the same as in Tennessee.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Tennessee. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Tennessee.
Montgomery County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Montgomery County, TN is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 234,153 residents against a local median of 41,825. Where Montgomery County, TN breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 29% below the local median of 31.8 min at 22.4 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 8.5% against a local median of 11.5%, 26% below it. The counties themselves spread 16.0 min on one-way commute, so Montgomery County, TN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Montgomery County, TN has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
Is commuting expensive in Montgomery County, Tennessee?
Commuters here spend an estimated 187 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,797 at a typical national wage.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Montgomery County, Tennessee?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Montgomery 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.
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).