ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 210052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Anderson County, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.4 min → 30.4 min▲ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 9.5%▲ 1.8 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 80.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.5% ±3.2 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 11,331 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,353± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,331± 492 MOE
Workers with travel time10,256± 499 MOE
Estimated home workers1,075± 261 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.