Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21588362024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Paducah, Kentucky
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.7 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.7 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 Paducah city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Paducah city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 1.3% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,412 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Paducah city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Paducah city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,412 workers age 16+, including 11,540 workers with reported travel time and 872 home workers.
Population estimate26,845± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+12,412± 585 MOE
Workers with travel time11,540± 595 MOE
Estimated home workers872± 244 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
All Kentucky reports →Comparable Kentucky commute records for Paducah city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.