Murfreesboro Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Murfreesboro, 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 Murfreesboro: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Murfreesboro spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

Murfreesboro holds about 1.8% of Tennessee's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Murfreesboro would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,177 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)
Murfreesboro	21.1 min	42.1 min	176 hrs/yr	$5,442	3,941
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.

Murfreesboro Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.1 minutes to get to work in Murfreesboro. That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Murfreesboro

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

Commute Mode Trends in Murfreesboro, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Murfreesboro 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	93.9%	2.4%	2.1%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
2010	93.9%	2.5%	2.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2011	93.4%	2.4%	2.2%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%
2012	93.7%	2.4%	1.7%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%
2013	93.4%	2.8%	1.5%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.6%	0.3%
2014	93.5%	3.1%	1.4%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2015	93.1%	3.2%	1.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.5%	0.4%
2016	93.5%	3.3%	1.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2017	93.1%	3.8%	1.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%
2018	92.4%	4.4%	1.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%
2019	92.0%	4.8%	1.3%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%
2020	89.8%	7.5%	1.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2021	87.5%	9.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2022	85.0%	12.2%	1.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2023	83.5%	14.1%	1.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	81.7%	15.6%	1.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 81.7% in 2024, down 12.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Murfreesboro: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 15.6% in 2024, up 13.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.1% to 1.3% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Murfreesboro

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Murfreesboro?

The bars show when commuters in Murfreesboro 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		5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		10.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Murfreesboro is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are about as common as in Tennessee: 15.1% 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 3 commuters (28.7%) 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 Murfreesboro, 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 Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro 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	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:35 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:36 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:36 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:31 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:30 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Murfreesboro were on the road by 7:35 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Murfreesboro now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Murfreesboro's commute time compare?

Metric	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.1 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	15.6%	12.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Murfreesboro is 21.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Tennessee. 1.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Murfreesboro, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Murfreesboro, TN	123,992	21.1 min #1/3	15.6% #1/3	7:35 AM #3/3
Smyrna, TN	46,130	23.0 min	13.4%	7:18 AM
La Vergne, TN	39,679	31.1 min	12.9%	7:02 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Is commuting expensive in Murfreesboro, Tennessee?

Commuters here spend an estimated 176 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,442 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Murfreesboro, Tennessee?

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