What is the average commute in Pike County, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 211952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pike County, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Pike County, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.8%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.8%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 Pike County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 25.3 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 5.8%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 79.5%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pike County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±2.5 pp

Carpool12.0% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home5.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 18,934 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pike County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pike County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,934 workers age 16+, including 17,842 workers with reported travel time and 1,092 home workers.

Population estimate56,727± — MOE

Workers age 16+18,934± 726 MOE

Workers with travel time17,842± 768 MOE

Estimated home workers1,092± 295 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 Pike 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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