ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jefferson County, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 22.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 14.2%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.5%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 72.4%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±0.7 pp
Carpool8.4% ±0.5 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.2% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 382,485 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate783,022± — MOE
Workers age 16+382,485± 3,761 MOE
Workers with travel time328,363± 4,003 MOE
Estimated home workers54,122± 2,095 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 nearby records

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