What is the average commute in Walton city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Walton city, Kentucky work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · KY · GEOID 21804902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Walton, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Walton city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 77.3% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±8.0 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone77.3%±9.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Walton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 29.5 min▲ 6.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.4%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.0%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.1% → 77.3%▼ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Walton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.3% ±9.4 pp

Carpool11.1% ±5.0 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.6 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home9.4% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 2,243 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Walton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Walton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,243 workers age 16+, including 2,033 workers with reported travel time and 210 home workers.

Population estimate5,730± 324 MOE

Workers age 16+2,243± 284 MOE

Workers with travel time2,033± 302 MOE

Estimated home workers210± 109 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 Walton 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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