What is the average commute in Casey County, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Casey County, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · KY · GEOID 210452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Casey County, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Casey County, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.2 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 73.6% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home9.6%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.6%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.2%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 Casey County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.5 min → 29.2 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 9.6%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.5%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 73.6%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Casey County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

Drive alone73.6% ±2.8 pp

Carpool11.8% ±4.0 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.9% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±0.8 pp

Work from home9.6% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,540 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Casey County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^thWork-from-home percentile

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

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Casey County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,540 workers age 16+, including 5,010 workers with reported travel time and 530 home workers.

Population estimate15,914± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,540± 432 MOE

Workers with travel time5,010± 427 MOE

Estimated home workers530± 155 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

Comparable Kentucky commute records for Casey County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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