How long is the commute in Memphis?

Average travel time to work in Memphis, TN, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Memphis gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.6 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 77.8
• Carpooled: 10
• Transit: 0.8
• Walked: 1.7
• From home: 8

Average commute (minutes)

• Memphis: 19.6
• Shelby County: 20.4
• TN: 22.7
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 8.0% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.4 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 2.3% of workers in 2015 to 8.0% in the latest estimates.