ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21353622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hazard, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip13.8 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±20.8 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute13.3 min → 13.8 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 11.1%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 79.7%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.7% ±20.8 pp
Carpool5.1% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk4.0% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home11.1% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 1,660 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,008± 15 MOE
Workers age 16+1,660± 308 MOE
Workers with travel time1,475± 283 MOE
Estimated home workers185± 100 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.