What is the average commute in Oakbrook CDP, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Oakbrook CDP, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 percentage points.

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 21570302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oakbrook, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Oakbrook CDP, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 13.8% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±6.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.8%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.6%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.4%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 Oakbrook CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 27.3 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 13.8%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 78.6%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oakbrook CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.6% ±6.3 pp

Carpool5.5% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home13.8% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 5,879 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oakbrook CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oakbrook CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,879 workers age 16+, including 5,069 workers with reported travel time and 810 home workers.

Population estimate10,211± 877 MOE

Workers age 16+5,879± 631 MOE

Workers with travel time5,069± 587 MOE

Estimated home workers810± 305 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 Oakbrook CDP

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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