Boyd County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Boyd 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 Boyd County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Boyd County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 147 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.

Boyd County holds about 1.1% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Boyd County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,823 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)
Boyd County	17.6 min	35.3 min	147 hrs/yr	$4,557	1,262
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.

Commute Time Map: Kentucky Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Kentucky

Calloway County (13.9 min)
Owsley County (15.0 min)
Taylor County (15.3 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Kentucky

Owen County (37.7 min)
Spencer County (33.3 min)
Bracken County (33.2 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Boyd County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.6 minutes to get to work in Boyd County. That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 83% of counties in Kentucky

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 5.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Boyd County

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Boyd County: 4.8 times more than the Kentucky average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Boyd County: 4.4 times less than the Kentucky average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Biking is essentially absent in Boyd County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.

Commute Mode Trends in Boyd County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Boyd 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	Motorcycle	Other	Taxi	Public Transportation	Bicycle
2009	94.3%	1.4%	2.6%	0.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%
2010	94.4%	1.3%	2.8%	0.1%	0.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2011	94.3%	1.4%	3.2%	0.1%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	94.2%	1.5%	3.0%	0.1%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	93.8%	1.6%	3.1%	0.0%	1.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	93.8%	1.4%	3.6%	0.0%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	93.3%	1.6%	3.5%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2016	92.8%	2.0%	3.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2017	93.8%	1.5%	3.3%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2018	93.3%	2.1%	3.5%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2019	94.1%	2.3%	2.1%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2020	94.6%	2.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	94.8%	3.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	91.4%	4.9%	2.6%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.2%	5.4%	2.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	90.3%	5.9%	2.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2021 at 94.8%. Overall it fell from 94.3% in 2009 to 90.3% in 2024, down 4.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Boyd County: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 5.9% in 2024, up 4.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.7% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 2.7%.

Commute Start Times in Boyd County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Boyd County?

The bars show when commuters in Boyd 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		5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.6%

Boyd County Kentucky Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Boyd County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are less common than in Kentucky: 13.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kentucky: 49.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.3%) 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 Boyd 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 Boyd 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 Boyd 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	Boyd County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:41 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:41 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:46 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:45 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Boyd County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:49 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Boyd County now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Boyd County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Boyd County's commute time compare?

Metric	Boyd County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.6 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	5.9%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Boyd County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Boyd County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Boyd County, KY is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 47,914 residents against a local median of 35,630. Boyd County, KY's one-way commute, at 17.6 min, runs 19% below the 21.8 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 5.9% against a local median of 5.0%, 19% above it. The counties themselves spread 6.4 min on one-way commute, so Boyd County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Boyd County, KY has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Boyd County, KY	47,914	17.6 min #1/6	5.9% #1/6	7:40 AM #6/6
Lawrence County, OH	56,809	20.9 min	5.2%	7:28 AM
Lawrence County, KY	16,077	27.3 min	5.5%	7:20 AM
Greenup County, KY	35,630	21.6 min	5.0%	7:32 AM
Wayne County, WV	38,164	21.8 min	4.4%	7:22 AM
Carter County, KY	26,341	23.7 min	3.6%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Boyd County, Kentucky.

Is living in Boyd County, Kentucky good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 147 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,557 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Boyd County, Kentucky?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Boyd 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.

How common is public transit use in Boyd County, Kentucky?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Kentucky, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).