Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 210152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Boone County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 13.4% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.0 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Boone County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Boone County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.4% used public transit and 13.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 69,770 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Boone County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Boone County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 69,770 workers age 16+, including 60,455 workers with reported travel time and 9,315 home workers.
Population estimate139,841± — MOE
Workers age 16+69,770± 997 MOE
Workers with travel time60,455± 1,192 MOE
Estimated home workers9,315± 870 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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Kentucky reports →Comparable Kentucky commute records for Boone County
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.