ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · KY · GEOID 212032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rockcastle County, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.4 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 Rockcastle County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 26.4 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 10.4%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 78.3%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rockcastle County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone78.3% ±4.3 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.4% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 5,904 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rockcastle County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rockcastle County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,904 workers age 16+, including 5,290 workers with reported travel time and 614 home workers.

Population estimate16,163± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,904± 256 MOE
Workers with travel time5,290± 309 MOE
Estimated home workers614± 216 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 Rockcastle 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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