ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21700862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shepherdsville, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Shepherdsville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 23.5 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 8.9%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.3% → 80.2%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shepherdsville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±4.2 pp
Carpool8.1% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.9% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 7,245 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shepherdsville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% 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.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shepherdsville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,245 workers age 16+, including 6,601 workers with reported travel time and 644 home workers.

Population estimate14,533± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+7,245± 464 MOE
Workers with travel time6,601± 474 MOE
Estimated home workers644± 340 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 Shepherdsville 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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