ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21519242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middlesborough, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 4.2% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 Middlesborough city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 17.5 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 4.2%▼ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.2% → 66.3%▲ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Middlesborough city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.2% worked from home.

Drive alone66.3% ±8.4 pp
Carpool22.7% ±7.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk6.1% ±4.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.2% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 2,825 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Middlesborough city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% 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.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Middlesborough city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,825 workers age 16+, including 2,706 workers with reported travel time and 119 home workers.

Population estimate9,123± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,825± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time2,706± 345 MOE
Estimated home workers119± 96 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 Middlesborough 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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