Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21173622024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Corbin, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.5 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Corbin city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 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 Corbin city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.5% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,968 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Corbin city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 41th 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 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Corbin city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,968 workers age 16+, including 2,748 workers with reported travel time and 220 home workers.
Population estimate8,246± 459 MOE
Workers age 16+2,968± 355 MOE
Workers with travel time2,748± 364 MOE
Estimated home workers220± 101 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 Corbin city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.