What is the average commute in Pikeville city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Pikeville city, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.8 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 21608522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pikeville, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Pikeville city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.4 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 63.1% drove alone, and 1.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home10.1%±7.8 pp MOE

Drove alone63.1%±10.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.7%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 Pikeville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.5 min → 13.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 10.1%▼ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.6% → 63.1%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pikeville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone63.1% ±10.5 pp

Carpool17.3% ±7.3 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp

Walk8.1% ±3.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home10.1% ±7.8 pp

Each share uses 2,652 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pikeville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pikeville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,652 workers age 16+, including 2,385 workers with reported travel time and 267 home workers.

Population estimate7,490± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+2,652± 318 MOE

Workers with travel time2,385± 360 MOE

Estimated home workers267± 209 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 Pikeville 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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