ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21631382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Princeton, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 1.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 Princeton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 21.0 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 5.2%▼ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 71.2%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Princeton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.

Drive alone71.2% ±9.4 pp
Carpool21.6% ±9.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.0% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home5.2% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 2,367 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Princeton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

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

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% 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.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Princeton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,367 workers age 16+, including 2,244 workers with reported travel time and 123 home workers.

Population estimate6,241± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,367± 314 MOE
Workers with travel time2,244± 307 MOE
Estimated home workers123± 77 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 Princeton 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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