Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 210952024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Harlan County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 Harlan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 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 Harlan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.7% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,533 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Harlan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 44th 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 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Harlan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,533 workers age 16+, including 7,093 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.
Population estimate25,772± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,533± 522 MOE
Workers with travel time7,093± 541 MOE
Estimated home workers440± 171 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 Harlan County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.