ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21285942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Thomas, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home17.9%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Thomas 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 +10.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.4 min → 21.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 17.9%▲ 10.0 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.9%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 73.2%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Thomas city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 0.9% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±3.6 pp
Carpool6.1% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.9% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 8,695 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Thomas city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Thomas city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,695 workers age 16+, including 7,140 workers with reported travel time and 1,555 home workers.

Population estimate17,169± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+8,695± 467 MOE
Workers with travel time7,140± 490 MOE
Estimated home workers1,555± 318 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 Thomas 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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