Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211212024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Knox County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.4 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 Knox 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 +4.7 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 Knox County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,757 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Knox County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 51th 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 higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Knox County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,757 workers age 16+, including 7,983 workers with reported travel time and 774 home workers.
Population estimate29,865± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,757± 659 MOE
Workers with travel time7,983± 704 MOE
Estimated home workers774± 240 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 Knox County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.