Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21460272024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 73.1% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.9 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Lexington-Fayette urban county's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 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 Lexington-Fayette urban county residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.1%; 1.5% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 167,458 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lexington-Fayette urban county compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 25th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lexington-Fayette urban county's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 167,458 workers age 16+, including 147,079 workers with reported travel time and 20,379 home workers.
Population estimate323,725± — MOE
Workers age 16+167,458± 1,936 MOE
Workers with travel time147,079± 2,126 MOE
Estimated home workers20,379± 1,107 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 Lexington-Fayette urban county
No other Kentucky place in the 100k–500k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.