What is the average commute in Winchester city, Kentucky?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 21836762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winchester, Kentucky

Name: Commute estimates for Winchester city, Kentucky
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.4%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 Winchester city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.9 min → 21.9 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 13.5%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 74.6%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Winchester city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±4.9 pp

Carpool9.5% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home13.5% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 8,693 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Winchester city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Winchester city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,693 workers age 16+, including 7,517 workers with reported travel time and 1,176 home workers.

Population estimate19,213± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+8,693± 453 MOE

Workers with travel time7,517± 528 MOE

Estimated home workers1,176± 312 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 Winchester 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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