What is the average commute in Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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 21480062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 72.3% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home13.3%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.3%±0.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.4%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 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)'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 +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 22.5 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 13.3%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 1.8%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 72.3%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.3%; 1.8% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone72.3% ±0.8 pp

Carpool8.7% ±0.6 pp

Public transit1.8% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.3% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 306,914 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

29^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)'s commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 306,914 workers age 16+, including 265,985 workers with reported travel time and 40,929 home workers.

Population estimate631,818± 200 MOE

Workers age 16+306,914± 3,573 MOE

Workers with travel time265,985± 3,830 MOE

Estimated home workers40,929± 1,937 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 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)

No other Kentucky place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.

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