ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 210552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crittenden County, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 71.4% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Crittenden 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 +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 24.7 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 5.5%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.7% → 71.4%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crittenden County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.4% ±5.5 pp
Carpool19.7% ±5.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,274 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crittenden County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% 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.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crittenden County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,274 workers age 16+, including 3,095 workers with reported travel time and 179 home workers.

Population estimate8,979± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,274± 216 MOE
Workers with travel time3,095± 220 MOE
Estimated home workers179± 94 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 Crittenden 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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