What is the average commute in Highland Heights city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 21366042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland Heights, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Highland Heights city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 63.5% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home14.8%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone63.5%±8.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.4%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 Highland Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.6 min → 20.4 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 14.8%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.7% → 63.5%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Highland Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.

Drive alone63.5% ±8.8 pp

Carpool12.7% ±8.2 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.3 pp

Walk7.2% ±3.6 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home14.8% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,267 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Highland Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Highland Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,267 workers age 16+, including 2,782 workers with reported travel time and 485 home workers.

Population estimate6,444± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+3,267± 362 MOE

Workers with travel time2,782± 309 MOE

Estimated home workers485± 174 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 Highland Heights 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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