ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21111702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burlington, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 22.6 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 12.8%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 77.9%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.9% ±5.4 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.8% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 9,693 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,008± 1,708 MOE
Workers age 16+9,693± 864 MOE
Workers with travel time8,448± 905 MOE
Estimated home workers1,245± 445 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.