Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 210192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Boyd County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 80.7% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.1 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Boyd County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 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 Boyd County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 18,936 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Boyd County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Boyd County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 18,936 workers age 16+, including 17,810 workers with reported travel time and 1,126 home workers.
Population estimate47,911± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,936± 641 MOE
Workers with travel time17,810± 683 MOE
Estimated home workers1,126± 246 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 Boyd County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.