Clinton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Clinton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Clinton County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 140 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.

Clinton County holds about 0.2% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Clinton County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,731 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)
Clinton County	16.7 min	33.5 min	140 hrs/yr	$4,326	403
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

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On average, it takes 16.7 minutes to get to work in Clinton County. That's 25% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 91% of counties in Kentucky

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Clinton County

• Car: 92.2%
• Worked at Home: 7.3%
• Other: 0.5%
• Walked: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Clinton County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

Walking is unusually rare in Clinton County: 80.8 times less than the Kentucky average (0.0% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Clinton County, versus 0.6% in Kentucky.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Clinton County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Clinton County: just 0.0%, 88.5 times below the Kentucky average of 2.2%.

Commute Mode Trends in Clinton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Clinton 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Other
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked
2009	96.2%	2.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	95.0%	3.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	92.8%	4.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%
2012	94.2%	4.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2013	94.7%	3.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2014	96.0%	2.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	95.8%	2.5%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	95.1%	2.0%	1.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2017	95.5%	2.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	93.5%	2.8%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%
2019	92.2%	4.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2020	93.9%	4.1%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2021	94.8%	4.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	91.8%	6.6%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2023	92.6%	6.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.2%	7.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	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 bottomed out in 2022 at 91.8%. Overall it fell from 96.2% in 2009 to 92.2% in 2024, down 4.0 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Clinton County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 7.3% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Clinton County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clinton County?

The bars show when commuters in Clinton 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 AM Clinton County11.5% Kentucky5.9%	11.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Clinton County3.9% Kentucky4.3%	3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Clinton County4.9% Kentucky5.3%	4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Clinton County9.6% Kentucky8.3%	9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Clinton County18.8% Kentucky10.3%	18.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Clinton County21.1% Kentucky14.8%	21.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Clinton County8.3% Kentucky12.4%	8.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Clinton County1.7% Kentucky9.6%	1.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Clinton County0.6% Kentucky4.5%	0.6%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Clinton County3.9% Kentucky5.2%	3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Clinton County2.7% Kentucky2.5%	2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Clinton County0.1% Kentucky1.3%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Clinton County6.7% Kentucky7.3%	6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Clinton County6.1% Kentucky8.4%	6.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Clinton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 20.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kentucky: 49.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.5%) 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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.

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• Kentucky
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Clinton County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:05 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:57 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:55 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:03 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:53 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:56 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:55 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:01 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:01 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:13 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:07 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:05 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:02 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Clinton County were on the road by 7:02 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:05 AM). Kentucky followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Clinton County now leave 36 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 Clinton County has moved 13 minutes earlier.

How does Clinton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Clinton County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.7 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.3%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Clinton County is 16.7 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 0.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau