Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21358662024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Henderson, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 74.3% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.8 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Henderson city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Henderson city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.3%; 0.6% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,249 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Henderson city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Henderson city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,249 workers age 16+, including 11,520 workers with reported travel time and 729 home workers.
Population estimate27,852± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+12,249± 517 MOE
Workers with travel time11,520± 500 MOE
Estimated home workers729± 197 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
All Kentucky reports →Comparable Kentucky commute records for Henderson city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.