Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211112024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Jefferson County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 14.2% worked from home, 72.4% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Jefferson 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 +5.1 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 Jefferson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.4%; 1.5% used public transit and 14.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 382,485 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Jefferson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Jefferson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 382,485 workers age 16+, including 328,363 workers with reported travel time and 54,122 home workers.
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
All Kentucky reports →Comparable Kentucky commute records for Jefferson County
No other Kentucky county in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.