ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21285582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 19.3% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 1.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.3%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±8.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 Mitchell city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 19.0 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 19.3%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.9%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 75.4%▼ 10.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Mitchell city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 0.9% used public transit and 19.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±8.5 pp
Carpool4.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.3% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 4,810 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Mitchell city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Mitchell city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,810 workers age 16+, including 3,882 workers with reported travel time and 928 home workers.

Population estimate8,713± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+4,810± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time3,882± 504 MOE
Estimated home workers928± 298 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 Mitchell 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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