ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21679442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Matthews, Kentucky

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home18.1%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute19.0 min → 19.6 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 18.1%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 73.3%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±2.8 pp
Carpool6.3% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 10,459 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,577± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+10,459± 456 MOE
Workers with travel time8,564± 458 MOE
Estimated home workers1,895± 320 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.