What is the average commute in Fort Knox CDP, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 12.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fort Knox CDP, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 21285402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Knox, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Fort Knox CDP, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.4 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 0.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.4 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home5.0%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone68.1%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.8%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 Fort Knox CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.5 min → 12.4 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.5% → 5.0%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.4% → 68.1%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Knox CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.

Drive alone68.1% ±3.8 pp

Carpool5.6% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk20.6% ±3.2 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±1.2 pp

Work from home5.0% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,587 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Knox CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% 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.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Knox CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,587 workers age 16+, including 4,359 workers with reported travel time and 228 home workers.

Population estimate8,836± 787 MOE

Workers age 16+4,587± 348 MOE

Workers with travel time4,359± 345 MOE

Estimated home workers228± 106 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 Fort Knox CDP

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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