What is the average commute in Monroe County, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Monroe County, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe County, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Monroe County, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.4 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±6.1 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone79.8%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.0%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 Monroe County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 28.4 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 4.5%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 79.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monroe County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.8% ±2.1 pp

Carpool13.0% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home4.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 4,902 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monroe County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monroe County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,902 workers age 16+, including 4,680 workers with reported travel time and 222 home workers.

Population estimate11,269± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,902± 291 MOE

Workers with travel time4,680± 304 MOE

Estimated home workers222± 107 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 Kentucky commute records for Monroe County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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