ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21608522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pikeville, Kentucky

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

3thMean commute percentile

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

42thWork-from-home percentile

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

40thTransit percentile

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

6th60+ 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 the shares

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.