What is the average commute in Hazard city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Hazard city, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.7 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 21353622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hazard, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Hazard city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.8 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Hazard city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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 Hazard city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

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

How Hazard city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

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

47^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% 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.

32^th60+ 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 Hazard city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,660 workers age 16+, including 1,475 workers with reported travel time and 185 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Kentucky commute records for Hazard 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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