What is the average commute in Green County, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 210872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Green County, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Green County, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 83.0% drove alone, and 11.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home5.1%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone83.0%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.1%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 Green County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.9 min → 27.2 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 5.1%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 83.0%▲ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Green County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.0%; 1.2% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone83.0% ±3.6 pp

Carpool8.4% ±2.7 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.3 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home5.1% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 4,474 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Green County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

26^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Green County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,474 workers age 16+, including 4,247 workers with reported travel time and 227 home workers.

Population estimate11,369± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,474± 289 MOE

Workers with travel time4,247± 292 MOE

Estimated home workers227± 96 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 Green 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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