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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Tennessee (2026)

Dyer has the lowest commute time of any county in Tennessee, at 19.8 min, followed by Obion and Madison. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Tennessee

Top 25 of 95 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Tennessee
RankCountyValue
1Dyer19.8 min
2Obion20.2 min
3Madison20.3 min
4Weakley20.9 min
5Putnam21.1 min
6Lake21.2 min
7Henry21.6 min
8Washington21.6 min
9Sullivan21.9 min
10Hamilton22.1 min
11Knox22.2 min
12Shelby22.3 min
13Cumberland22.9 min
14Bradley23.3 min
15White23.7 min
16Hamblen23.9 min
17Crockett24.0 min
18Carter24.3 min
19Loudon24.3 min
20Anderson24.5 min
21McMinn24.6 min
22Davidson24.7 min
23Moore25.1 min
24Franklin25.1 min
25Blount25.3 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Tennessee counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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