Commuting in Pickett 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 Pickett County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pickett County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.
Pickett 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 Pickett County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,678 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)
Pickett County
25.9 min
51.8 min
216 hrs/yr
$6,695
231
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
25.9
minutes to get to work in
Pickett County.
That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pickett County
Car:
89.8%
Worked at Home:
8.4%
Walked:
1.5%
Other:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Pickett County, versus 0.0% in Tennessee.
Public transit is essentially absent in Pickett County, versus 0.4% in Tennessee.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Pickett County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.
Commute Mode Trends in Pickett County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pickett 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
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.6%
2.4%
2.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
95.1%
1.7%
2.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
94.3%
2.6%
2.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.7%
3.1%
1.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
97.7%
0.9%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
97.6%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
96.3%
2.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
94.7%
4.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.9%
5.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.2%
5.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
90.2%
5.1%
2.3%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
89.4%
5.8%
0.7%
4.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
86.2%
8.1%
2.2%
3.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
89.4%
6.5%
1.4%
2.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
87.4%
6.9%
2.5%
3.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.8%
8.4%
1.5%
0.2%
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. Its share was highest in 2013 at 97.7% and lowest in 2021 at 86.2%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 89.8% in 2024, down 3.8 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pickett County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 8.4% in 2024, up 6.0 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.5% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Pickett County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pickett County?
The bars show when commuters in Pickett 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 AMPickett County12.0%Tennessee5.8%
12.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPickett County3.0%Tennessee4.4%
3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPickett County13.9%Tennessee5.5%
13.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPickett County14.2%Tennessee9.9%
14.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPickett County11.3%Tennessee10.1%
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPickett County10.1%Tennessee14.7%
10.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPickett County7.4%Tennessee11.5%
7.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPickett County7.4%Tennessee10.1%
7.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPickett County1.3%Tennessee4.5%
1.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPickett County4.2%Tennessee5.7%
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPickett County2.2%Tennessee2.5%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPickett County1.5%Tennessee1.2%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPickett County3.1%Tennessee6.8%
3.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPickett County8.3%Tennessee7.4%
8.3%
Pickett CountyTennesseeSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pickett County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.9% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 28.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Tennessee: 36.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.4%) 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 Pickett 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 Pickett 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 Pickett 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
Pickett County
Tennessee
United States
2009
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:05 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:01 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:03 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:05 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:04 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:07 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:04 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:14 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:25 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:07 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:08 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:48 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pickett County were on the road by 6:48 AM, 18 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:07 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Pickett County now leave 49 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 Pickett County has moved 25 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Pickett County in the whole series.
How does Pickett County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pickett County
Tennessee
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.9 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
05:30 AM – 05:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.4%
12.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.5%
1.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pickett County is 25.9 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.2% in Tennessee.
Pickett County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pickett County, TN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,079 residents against a local median of 19,309. Pickett County, TN's one-way commute, at 25.9 min, runs 51% above the 17.1 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 6.4 min on one-way commute, so Pickett County, TN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pickett County, TN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pickett County, Tennessee.
Is living in Pickett County, Tennessee good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,695 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Pickett County, Tennessee?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Pickett County, Tennessee. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Pickett County, Tennessee?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Tennessee, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most 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).