ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · KY · GEOID 21835502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilmore, Kentucky

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 56.8% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone56.8%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Wilmore city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 20.3 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 11.4%▼ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.7% → 56.8%▲ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wilmore city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone56.8% ±6.8 pp
Carpool19.9% ±14.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk11.5% ±3.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.4% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 2,945 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wilmore city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% 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.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wilmore city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,945 workers age 16+, including 2,608 workers with reported travel time and 337 home workers.

Population estimate6,057± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+2,945± 323 MOE
Workers with travel time2,608± 330 MOE
Estimated home workers337± 142 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 Wilmore 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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