Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211772024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 86.0% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.0 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone86.0%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Muhlenberg County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 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 Muhlenberg County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 11,766 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Muhlenberg County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 70th 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 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Muhlenberg County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 11,766 workers age 16+, including 11,293 workers with reported travel time and 473 home workers.
Population estimate30,591± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,766± 614 MOE
Workers with travel time11,293± 617 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 134 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 Muhlenberg County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.