Cumberland County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Cumberland County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cumberland County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.

Cumberland County holds about 0.1% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cumberland County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,677 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)
Cumberland County	16.2 min	32.4 min	135 hrs/yr	$4,191	318
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 16.2 minutes to get to work in Cumberland County. That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Cumberland County

• Car: 94.6%
• Worked at Home: 2.6% unusually low
• Walked: 2.6%
• Other: 0.2%
• 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 Cumberland County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Cumberland County: 3.9 times less than the Kentucky average (2.6% vs 10.2%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Cumberland County, 2009-2024

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

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.5%	0.9%	7.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.4%	1.6%	7.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	88.8%	2.2%	7.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2012	88.5%	1.9%	7.6%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	92.6%	1.5%	4.1%	0.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	92.5%	1.0%	4.8%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	91.7%	0.4%	4.8%	0.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	93.4%	0.0%	5.3%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.1%	0.2%	7.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.3%	0.3%	7.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	89.7%	2.2%	7.5%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	89.0%	2.9%	7.7%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.1%	2.7%	7.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	93.8%	2.3%	3.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	93.0%	3.9%	2.5%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	94.6%	2.6%	2.6%	0.2%	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 2012 at 88.5%. Overall it rose from 90.5% in 2009 to 94.6% in 2024, up 4.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Cumberland County: its share of workers rose from 0.9% in 2009 to 2.6% in 2024, up 1.7 percentage points.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 7.2% to 2.6% of workers (down 4.6 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 2.3% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Cumberland County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cumberland County?

The bars show when commuters in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County9.3% Kentucky5.9%	9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Cumberland County7.6% Kentucky4.3%	7.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Cumberland County12.5% Kentucky5.3%	12.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Cumberland County9.9% Kentucky8.3%	9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Cumberland County11.9% Kentucky10.3%	11.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Cumberland County10.3% Kentucky14.8%	10.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Cumberland County12.4% Kentucky12.4%	12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Cumberland County9.9% Kentucky9.6%	9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Cumberland County4.3% Kentucky4.5%	4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Cumberland County4.1% Kentucky5.2%	4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Cumberland County0.0% Kentucky2.5%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Cumberland County0.5% Kentucky1.3%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Cumberland County2.9% Kentucky7.3%	2.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Cumberland County4.5% Kentucky8.4%	4.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Cumberland County is 5:30-5:59 AM, when 12.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 29.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (11.9%) 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.

• Cumberland County
• Kentucky
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Cumberland County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:05 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:58 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:06 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:05 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:50 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:50 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:49 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:53 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:55 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:00 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:06 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:57 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Cumberland County were on the road by 6:57 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:11 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Cumberland County now leave 41 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 Cumberland County has moved 8 minutes later.

How does Cumberland County's commute time compare?

Metric	Cumberland County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.2 min	20.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	05:30 AM – 05:59 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	2.6%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Cumberland County is 16.2 minutes, shorter 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