ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21639122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Radcliff, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 commute24.2 min → 24.7 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.4%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 77.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±2.8 pp
Carpool10.5% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 9,928 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% 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.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,864± 69 MOE
Workers age 16+9,928± 662 MOE
Workers with travel time8,994± 601 MOE
Estimated home workers934± 260 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.