Crittenden County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Crittenden County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Crittenden 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.

Crittenden 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 Crittenden County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,251 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)
Crittenden County	21.8 min	43.6 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,628	360
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.

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On average, it takes 21.8 minutes to get to work in Crittenden County. That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Crittenden County

• Car: 91.1%
• Worked at Home: 5.5%
• Walked: 2.6%
• Other: 0.8%
• 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 Crittenden County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Crittenden County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Crittenden 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
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.1%	5.5%	1.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	90.5%	6.4%	1.1%	1.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	89.1%	7.0%	1.4%	2.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.9%	5.0%	2.3%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	92.5%	5.3%	1.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.3%	3.5%	2.6%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	92.5%	4.6%	1.5%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.1%	4.9%	1.8%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	90.9%	3.9%	2.8%	1.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.1%	2.8%	3.5%	1.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	90.8%	3.4%	3.9%	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.4%	2.8%	5.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	90.1%	4.9%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.5%	4.7%	4.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.3%	4.9%	3.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	91.1%	5.5%	2.6%	0.8%	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 was highest in 2014 at 93.3% and lowest in 2011 at 89.1%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 91.1% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points.

Walking gained the most ground in Crittenden County: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 2.6% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points.

Walking peaked at 5.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 2.6%.

Commute Start Times in Crittenden County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crittenden County?

The bars show when commuters in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County15.8% Kentucky5.9%	15.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Crittenden County4.2% Kentucky4.3%	4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Crittenden County3.0% Kentucky5.3%	3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Crittenden County10.2% Kentucky8.3%	10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Crittenden County14.1% Kentucky10.3%	14.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Crittenden County11.6% Kentucky14.8%	11.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Crittenden County10.9% Kentucky12.4%	10.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Crittenden County3.9% Kentucky9.6%	3.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Crittenden County4.6% Kentucky4.5%	4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Crittenden County2.9% Kentucky5.2%	2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Crittenden County2.4% Kentucky2.5%	2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Crittenden County0.0% Kentucky1.3%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Crittenden County8.3% Kentucky7.3%	8.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Crittenden County8.0% Kentucky8.4%	8.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Crittenden County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.9% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 23.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 40.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.6%) 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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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	Crittenden County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:09 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:12 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:09 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:07 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Crittenden County were on the road by 7:07 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:09 AM). Kentucky followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Crittenden County now leave 31 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Crittenden County's commute time compare?

Metric	Crittenden County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.8 min	20.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 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	5.5%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Crittenden County is 21.8 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau