Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21163722024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cold Spring, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 22.9% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.6 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home22.9%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Cold Spring city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.6 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 Cold Spring city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 1.4% used public transit and 22.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,062 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cold Spring city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cold Spring city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,062 workers age 16+, including 2,360 workers with reported travel time and 702 home workers.
Population estimate6,341± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+3,062± 293 MOE
Workers with travel time2,360± 320 MOE
Estimated home workers702± 230 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 Cold Spring city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.