Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21242742024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 78.1% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.0 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Elizabethtown city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 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 Elizabethtown city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,756 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Elizabethtown city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Elizabethtown city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,756 workers age 16+, including 13,792 workers with reported travel time and 964 home workers.
Population estimate32,576± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+14,756± 809 MOE
Workers with travel time13,792± 770 MOE
Estimated home workers964± 229 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 Elizabethtown city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.