Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211532024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Magoffin County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.8 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.8 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home2.5%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 Magoffin County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 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 Magoffin County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,923 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Magoffin County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Magoffin County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,923 workers age 16+, including 2,850 workers with reported travel time and 73 home workers.
Population estimate11,348± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,923± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time2,850± 356 MOE
Estimated home workers73± 72 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 Magoffin County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.