Commuting in Adair County, Kentucky: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Adair County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Adair County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 157 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.
Adair County holds about 0.4% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Adair County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,946 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Adair County
18.8 min
37.7 min
157 hrs/yr
$4,865
412
Kentucky
20.8 min
41.6 min
173 hrs/yr
$5,369
832
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
18.8
minutes to get to work in
Adair County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Adair County
Car:
81.7%
Worked at Home:
13.7%
Walked:
2.4%
Other:
2.0%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Adair County, versus 0.6% in Kentucky.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Adair County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Adair County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in Adair County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Adair County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
89.0%
5.5%
3.1%
1.7%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
88.8%
6.7%
2.4%
1.6%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
89.6%
4.4%
3.4%
1.5%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
90.9%
3.4%
2.4%
1.8%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
93.7%
2.7%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
93.5%
3.2%
2.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
93.3%
2.9%
2.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
92.9%
3.5%
2.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
93.5%
3.4%
2.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
91.7%
4.9%
2.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
91.5%
4.9%
2.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
89.3%
7.3%
2.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
88.0%
8.6%
2.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
86.1%
11.3%
1.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
85.6%
11.4%
1.9%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
81.7%
13.7%
2.4%
2.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 93.7%. Overall it fell from 89.0% in 2009 to 81.7% in 2024, down 7.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Adair County: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 13.7% in 2024, up 8.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 2.4% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Adair County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Adair County?
The bars show when commuters in Adair County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Kentucky for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAdair County11.3%Kentucky5.9%
11.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAdair County6.1%Kentucky4.3%
6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAdair County5.6%Kentucky5.3%
5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAdair County10.0%Kentucky8.3%
10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAdair County9.0%Kentucky10.3%
9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAdair County14.3%Kentucky14.8%
14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAdair County13.7%Kentucky12.4%
13.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAdair County5.9%Kentucky9.6%
5.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAdair County1.5%Kentucky4.5%
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAdair County2.4%Kentucky5.2%
2.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAdair County1.1%Kentucky2.5%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAdair County0.6%Kentucky1.3%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAdair County9.6%Kentucky7.3%
9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAdair County8.8%Kentucky8.4%
8.8%
Adair CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Adair County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 23.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 42.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.6%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Adair County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Adair County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Adair County next to Kentucky and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Adair County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:11 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:01 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:04 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:06 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:03 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:01 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:15 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:13 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:16 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:16 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:11 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:16 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Adair County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:11 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Adair County now leave 21 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Adair County has moved 6 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Adair County in the whole series.
How does Adair County's commute time compare?
Metric
Adair County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.8 min
20.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.7%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.4%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Adair County is 18.8 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 2.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Adair County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Adair County, KY is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,089 residents against a local median of 11,369. Adair County, KY's work from home, at 13.7%, runs 159% above the 5.3% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.8 min against a local median of 16.2 min, 16% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% above the local median it puts Adair County, KY at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.2% on work from home, so Adair County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Adair County, KY has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Adair County, Kentucky.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Adair County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 157 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,865 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Adair County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Adair County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Adair County, Kentucky?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Kentucky, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Is Adair County, Kentucky a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 13.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Adair County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,946 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Kentucky?
Among counties in Kentucky, the shortest average commutes are in Calloway County (13.9 min), Owsley County (15.0 min), Taylor County (15.3 min). The longest are in Owen County (37.7 min), Spencer County (33.3 min), Bracken County (33.2 min).