What is the average commute in Elsmere city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Elsmere 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 3.3 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 21247782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elsmere, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Elsmere city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 1.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home10.4%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±9.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.3%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 Elsmere 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 +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 18.1 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 10.4%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 74.6%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elsmere city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±9.4 pp

Carpool11.3% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home10.4% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,853 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elsmere city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elsmere city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,853 workers age 16+, including 4,348 workers with reported travel time and 505 home workers.

Population estimate9,205± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+4,853± 496 MOE

Workers with travel time4,348± 511 MOE

Estimated home workers505± 170 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 Elsmere 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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