Commuting in Campbell 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 Campbell County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Campbell County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 182 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.
Campbell County holds about 2.1% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 2.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Campbell County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,255 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)
Campbell County
21.8 min
43.7 min
182 hrs/yr
$5,638
2,000
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
21.8
minutes to get to work in
Campbell County.
That's 3% 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 17.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Campbell County
Car:
78.8%
Worked at Home:
17.1%
Walked:
2.2%
Public Transportation:
0.8%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Campbell County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Campbell 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
Public Transportation
Other
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
91.1%
3.1%
3.2%
1.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
91.1%
2.9%
3.1%
2.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
91.6%
2.9%
2.6%
2.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2012
91.2%
3.0%
3.2%
2.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
91.6%
3.0%
3.0%
1.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
91.1%
2.9%
3.3%
2.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
90.3%
2.9%
3.4%
2.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
89.6%
3.5%
3.7%
2.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
90.1%
3.6%
3.1%
2.1%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
89.7%
3.7%
3.0%
2.3%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
89.4%
4.4%
3.0%
1.8%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
87.3%
7.3%
3.0%
1.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
85.3%
9.8%
2.7%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
82.3%
13.0%
2.7%
1.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
80.8%
14.8%
2.7%
0.8%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
78.8%
17.1%
2.2%
0.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 91.6%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 78.8% in 2024, down 12.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Campbell County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 17.1% in 2024, up 14.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 2.2% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Campbell County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Campbell County?
The bars show when commuters in Campbell 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 AMCampbell County4.1%Kentucky5.9%
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCampbell County3.8%Kentucky4.3%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCampbell County4.3%Kentucky5.3%
4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCampbell County7.0%Kentucky8.3%
7.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCampbell County11.6%Kentucky10.3%
11.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCampbell County13.2%Kentucky14.8%
13.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCampbell County12.3%Kentucky12.4%
12.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCampbell County10.5%Kentucky9.6%
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCampbell County6.8%Kentucky4.5%
6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCampbell County6.6%Kentucky5.2%
6.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCampbell County3.2%Kentucky2.5%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCampbell County1.5%Kentucky1.3%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCampbell County7.1%Kentucky7.3%
7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCampbell County7.9%Kentucky8.4%
7.9%
Campbell CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Campbell County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are less common than in Kentucky: 12.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kentucky's: 47.7% 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 Campbell 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 Campbell 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 Campbell 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
Campbell County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:45 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:43 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:42 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 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
7:41 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:40 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:40 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:41 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Campbell County were on the road by 7:44 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Kentucky, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Campbell County now leave 6 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 Campbell County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Campbell County's commute time compare?
Metric
Campbell County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.8 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
17.1%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.2%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.8%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Campbell County is 21.8 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Campbell County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Campbell County, KY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 93,398 residents against a local median of 171,173. Campbell County, KY's work from home, at 17.1%, runs 26% above the 13.6% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 5.9% on work from home, so Campbell County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Campbell County, KY has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Campbell County, Kentucky.
Is living in Campbell County, Kentucky good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,638 at a typical national wage. That's 5% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Campbell County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Campbell 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.
Is Campbell County, Kentucky a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 17.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Campbell County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,255 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Which counties in Kentucky have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).