What is the average commute in Hart County, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 210992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hart County, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Hart County, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.8%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone76.3%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%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 Hart County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.3 min → 28.7 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 4.8%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 76.3%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hart County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone76.3% ±4.1 pp

Carpool15.1% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home4.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,596 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hart County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hart County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,596 workers age 16+, including 7,231 workers with reported travel time and 365 home workers.

Population estimate19,603± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,596± 442 MOE

Workers with travel time7,231± 423 MOE

Estimated home workers365± 127 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 Hart 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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