ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21542282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Washington, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home13.5%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute32.6 min → 29.2 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 13.5%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 77.7%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.7% ±3.5 pp
Carpool8.1% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 9,335 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% 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.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,480± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+9,335± 470 MOE
Workers with travel time8,071± 496 MOE
Estimated home workers1,264± 247 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.