ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21460272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 20.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 12.2%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.5%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 73.1%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±1.0 pp
Carpool8.7% ±0.7 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.1% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.2% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 167,458 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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

Comparable nearby records

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