ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21443442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lebanon, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 3.5% worked from home, 82.9% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home3.5%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone82.9%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Lebanon city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 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 → 17.7 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 3.5%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 82.9%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lebanon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.5% worked from home.

Drive alone82.9% ±8.1 pp
Carpool10.9% ±5.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home3.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 2,494 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lebanon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% 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.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lebanon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,494 workers age 16+, including 2,406 workers with reported travel time and 88 home workers.

Population estimate6,430± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,494± 322 MOE
Workers with travel time2,406± 329 MOE
Estimated home workers88± 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 Lebanon 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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