Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kenton County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Kenton County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 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 Kenton County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 0.9% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 87,715 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kenton County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 100k–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 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kenton County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 87,715 workers age 16+, including 75,363 workers with reported travel time and 12,352 home workers.
Population estimate171,288± — MOE
Workers age 16+87,715± 1,288 MOE
Workers with travel time75,363± 1,327 MOE
Estimated home workers12,352± 1,030 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 Kenton County
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.