Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 211892024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Owsley County, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 9.1% worked from home, 72.8% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.5 min±14.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.8%±9.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 Owsley County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 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 Owsley County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,085 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Owsley County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 87th 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 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Owsley County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,085 workers age 16+, including 986 workers with reported travel time and 99 home workers.
Population estimate3,971± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,085± 213 MOE
Workers with travel time986± 220 MOE
Estimated home workers99± 68 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 Owsley County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.