Perry County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Perry 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 Perry County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Perry County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Perry County holds about 0.1% of Tennessee's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Perry County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,428 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)
Perry County	23.5 min	47.0 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,070	212
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

Perry County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in Perry County. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Perry County

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

Public transit is unusually common in Perry County: 5.8 times more than the Tennessee average (2.4% vs 0.4%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Perry County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Perry 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	94.2%	3.2%	1.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	94.4%	2.4%	1.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	91.9%	3.5%	2.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	91.4%	4.0%	2.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2013	90.5%	3.3%	1.9%	3.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2014	87.8%	6.1%	1.1%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%
2015	87.9%	5.7%	0.7%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%
2016	84.9%	7.1%	0.1%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%
2017	82.4%	9.5%	0.0%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	4.4%
2018	82.6%	10.9%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	4.5%
2019	84.3%	9.4%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	3.8%
2020	82.0%	12.0%	2.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	2.7%
2021	83.7%	10.1%	2.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	3.1%
2022	92.0%	5.5%	1.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2023	85.8%	10.3%	2.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2024	86.6%	10.3%	2.4%	0.7%	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 was highest in 2010 at 94.4% and lowest in 2020 at 82.0%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 86.6% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Perry County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points.

Walking peaked at 3.5% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.7%.

Commute Start Times in Perry County

Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among Tennessee's 95 counties: 57.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Tennessee's 95 counties: the typical start is 32 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Perry County?

The bars show when commuters in Perry 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		1.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		9.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		16.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		22.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Perry County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 19.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Tennessee: 57.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 12 commuters (8.3%) 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 Perry 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 Perry 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 Perry 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	Perry County	Tennessee	United States
2009	6:28 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:45 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:48 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:57 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:51 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:55 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:51 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:53 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:57 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:04 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:01 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:02 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:05 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:07 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:56 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:01 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Perry County were on the road by 7:01 AM, 33 minutes later than in 2009 (6:28 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Perry County now leave 37 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Perry County's commute time compare?

Metric	Perry County	Tennessee	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.3%	12.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.4%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Perry County is 23.5 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.

2.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Perry County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Perry County, TN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,697 residents against a local median of 16,168. Where Perry County, TN breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 61% above the local median of 6.4% at 10.3%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 23.5 min against a local median of 28.2 min, 17% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 17% below the local median it puts Perry County, TN at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.6% on work from home, so Perry County, TN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Perry County, TN has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Perry County, TN	8,697	23.5 min #2/6	10.3% #1/6	7:01 AM #3/6
Decatur County, TN	11,579	21.7 min	5.5%	7:08 AM
Lewis County, TN	12,992	30.1 min	6.4%	7:15 AM
Humphreys County, TN	19,214	27.2 min	6.3%	6:50 AM
Wayne County, TN	16,168	28.2 min	10.2%	7:05 AM
Hickman County, TN	25,436	32.1 min	8.9%	6:53 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Perry County, Tennessee.

Is living in Perry County, Tennessee good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,070 at a typical national wage. That's 5% more than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Perry County, Tennessee?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Perry County, Tennessee. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Perry County, Tennessee?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 2.4% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Tennessee, making it a realistic option for many workers.

Which counties in Tennessee have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).