ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21510242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Maysville, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone86.0%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 commute20.8 min → 23.5 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 6.3%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 86.0%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone86.0% ±3.9 pp
Carpool4.0% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.4% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.3% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,683 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,737± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,683± 342 MOE
Workers with travel time3,450± 341 MOE
Estimated home workers233± 106 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.