What is the average commute in Elliott County, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 210632024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elliott County, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Elliott County, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.0 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 22.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.0 min±10.4 min MOE

Worked from home7.3%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone81.2%±10.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip22.7%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 Elliott County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute39.9 min → 41.0 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 7.3%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 81.2%▲ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elliott County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.2% ±10.4 pp

Carpool10.9% ±7.6 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp

Work from home7.3% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 1,963 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elliott County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

49^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

97^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elliott County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,963 workers age 16+, including 1,820 workers with reported travel time and 143 home workers.

Population estimate7,307± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,963± 266 MOE

Workers with travel time1,820± 271 MOE

Estimated home workers143± 85 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 Elliott 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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