Overton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Overton 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 Overton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Overton 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 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Overton County holds about 0.3% of Tennessee's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Overton County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,341 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)
Overton County	22.7 min	45.3 min	189 hrs/yr	$5,853	451
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

Overton County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.7 minutes to get to work in Overton County. That's 1% longer 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 7.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Overton County

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

Commute Mode Trends in Overton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Overton 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	Public Transportation	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	94.2%	4.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	95.2%	3.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2011	95.5%	3.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2012	96.3%	2.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%
2013	96.1%	2.2%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	96.2%	2.2%	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	96.1%	2.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	95.7%	2.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	95.6%	3.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	95.7%	3.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	94.4%	3.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	94.0%	4.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	92.3%	5.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	92.3%	6.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	91.7%	6.9%	0.5%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	91.2%	7.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	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 2012 at 96.3%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Overton County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Overton County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Overton County?

The bars show when commuters in Overton 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		10.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		0.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Overton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 22.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Tennessee: 52.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Overton 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 Overton 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 Overton 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	Overton County	Tennessee	United States
2009	7:05 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:07 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:07 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:05 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:05 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:09 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:09 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:10 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:09 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:08 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:07 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:12 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:07 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:08 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:11 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Overton County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:05 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Overton County now leave 27 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 Overton County has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Overton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Overton County	Tennessee	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.7 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.7%	12.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Overton County is 22.7 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Overton County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Overton County, TN is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 23,065 residents against a local median of 12,029. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Overton County, TN an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 8% below the local median at 7.7% against 8.4%. Overton County, TN has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Overton County, TN	23,065	22.7 min #3/6	7.7% #4/6	7:11 AM #4/6
Putnam County, TN	82,558	17.3 min	10.1%	7:33 AM
Pickett County, TN	5,079	25.9 min	8.4%	6:48 AM
Clay County, TN	7,670	23.1 min	6.3%	7:04 AM
Fentress County, TN	19,309	17.1 min	7.4%	7:10 AM
Jackson County, TN	12,029	30.8 min	9.8%	7:14 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Overton County, Tennessee.

Is commuting expensive in Overton County, Tennessee?

Commuters here spend an estimated 189 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,853 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Overton County, 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.

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).