Commuting in Stewart 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 Stewart County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Stewart County spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 270 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 45% more time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 10.0 minutes.
Stewart County holds about 0.2% of Tennessee's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Stewart County would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,352 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)
Stewart County
32.4 min
64.9 min
270 hrs/yr
$8,380
410
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
32.4
minutes to get to work in
Stewart County.
That's 45% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 5 slowest counties in Tennessee
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Stewart County
Car:
91.5%
Worked at Home:
5.9%
Other:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.9%
Walked:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Stewart County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.
Biking is essentially absent in Stewart County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.
Commute Mode Trends in Stewart County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Stewart 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
Public Transportation
Walked
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
92.0%
3.1%
3.5%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
92.5%
3.4%
3.2%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
91.4%
4.0%
3.5%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
90.5%
4.1%
4.1%
0.2%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
90.2%
3.2%
4.5%
0.2%
1.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
93.4%
2.9%
1.6%
0.1%
1.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
92.9%
2.9%
1.7%
0.1%
1.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.3%
2.6%
1.5%
0.5%
1.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.0%
2.4%
2.5%
0.3%
1.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
95.4%
2.0%
1.6%
0.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
94.4%
2.5%
1.7%
0.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.9%
2.0%
1.6%
0.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.4%
2.3%
1.7%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
92.3%
3.8%
0.8%
0.6%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.2%
4.6%
1.1%
1.0%
2.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.5%
5.9%
1.0%
0.9%
0.7%
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 was highest in 2018 at 95.4% and lowest in 2013 at 90.2%. Overall it fell from 92.0% in 2009 to 91.5% in 2024, down 0.5 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Stewart County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 5.9% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.7% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Stewart County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stewart County?
The bars show when commuters in Stewart 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 AMStewart County12.8%Tennessee5.8%
12.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMStewart County8.8%Tennessee4.4%
8.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMStewart County8.7%Tennessee5.5%
8.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMStewart County12.9%Tennessee9.9%
12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMStewart County7.2%Tennessee10.1%
7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMStewart County13.7%Tennessee14.7%
13.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMStewart County9.6%Tennessee11.5%
9.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMStewart County5.7%Tennessee10.1%
5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMStewart County2.1%Tennessee4.5%
2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMStewart County3.0%Tennessee5.7%
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMStewart County1.8%Tennessee2.5%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMStewart County0.7%Tennessee1.2%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMStewart County10.9%Tennessee6.8%
10.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMStewart County2.1%Tennessee7.4%
2.1%
Stewart CountyTennesseeSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Stewart County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 30.4% 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 (18.4%) 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 Stewart 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 Stewart 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 Stewart 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
Stewart County
Tennessee
United States
2009
7:17 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:04 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:01 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:52 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:00 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
6:51 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2019
6:50 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:39 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:45 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:45 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:49 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:58 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Stewart County were on the road by 6:58 AM, 19 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Stewart County now leave 40 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 Stewart County has moved 8 minutes later.
How does Stewart County's commute time compare?
Metric
Stewart County
Tennessee
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
32.4 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.9%
12.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.9%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Stewart County is 32.4 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.
0.9% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.2% in Tennessee.
Stewart County, TN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Stewart County, TN is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,027 residents against a local median of 19,214. Stewart County, TN's one-way commute, at 32.4 min, runs 43% above the 22.6 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 18.3 min on one-way commute, so Stewart County, TN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Stewart County, TN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Stewart County, Tennessee.
Is living in Stewart County, Tennessee good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 270 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,380 at a typical national wage. That's 45% more than the typical Tennessee commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Stewart County, Tennessee?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Stewart 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.
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).