What is the average commute in Danville city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Danville city, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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.

PLACE · KY · GEOID 21198822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Danville, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Danville city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.3 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 74.3% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.3 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home10.4%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone74.3%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.8%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 Danville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.0 min → 17.3 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 10.4%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 74.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Danville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone74.3% ±3.0 pp

Carpool8.3% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk6.4% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.4% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,372 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Danville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

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

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Danville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,372 workers age 16+, including 6,608 workers with reported travel time and 764 home workers.

Population estimate17,327± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+7,372± 478 MOE

Workers with travel time6,608± 476 MOE

Estimated home workers764± 203 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 Danville city

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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