Commuting in Edmonson 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 Edmonson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Edmonson County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 260 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 50% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.5 minutes.
Edmonson County holds about 0.3% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Edmonson County would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,228 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)
Edmonson County
31.2 min
62.5 min
260 hrs/yr
$8,070
854
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
31.2
minutes to get to work in
Edmonson County.
That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 94% of counties in Kentucky
The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Edmonson County
Car:
89.6%
Worked at Home:
7.4%
Walked:
3.0%
Other:
< 0.1%
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 Edmonson County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Public transit is essentially absent in Edmonson County, versus 0.6% in Kentucky.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Edmonson County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Edmonson County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in Edmonson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Edmonson 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
96.4%
0.8%
1.1%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
95.5%
2.3%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
94.6%
1.5%
2.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2012
92.5%
2.0%
3.9%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
91.9%
2.1%
4.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
91.7%
2.3%
4.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
91.9%
1.0%
5.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
92.9%
2.0%
2.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
2017
94.2%
1.6%
2.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2018
92.0%
1.9%
3.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
0.0%
2019
92.0%
1.9%
3.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
2020
89.2%
3.2%
4.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%
2021
91.5%
3.5%
4.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
90.0%
5.1%
4.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
91.7%
5.6%
2.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.6%
7.4%
3.0%
0.1%
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 2020 at 89.2%. Overall it fell from 96.4% in 2009 to 89.6% in 2024, down 6.8 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Edmonson County: its share of workers rose from 0.8% in 2009 to 7.4% in 2024, up 6.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.5 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 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 5.6% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 3.0%.
Commute Start Times in Edmonson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Edmonson County?
The bars show when commuters in Edmonson 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 AMEdmonson County8.7%Kentucky5.9%
8.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMEdmonson County6.0%Kentucky4.3%
6.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMEdmonson County6.0%Kentucky5.3%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMEdmonson County14.5%Kentucky8.3%
14.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMEdmonson County9.6%Kentucky10.3%
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMEdmonson County12.4%Kentucky14.8%
12.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMEdmonson County10.2%Kentucky12.4%
10.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMEdmonson County4.6%Kentucky9.6%
4.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMEdmonson County0.8%Kentucky4.5%
0.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMEdmonson County7.0%Kentucky5.2%
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMEdmonson County2.5%Kentucky2.5%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMEdmonson County0.5%Kentucky1.3%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMEdmonson County11.0%Kentucky7.3%
11.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMEdmonson County6.2%Kentucky8.4%
6.2%
Edmonson CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Edmonson County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 20.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 36.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.3%) 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 Edmonson 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 Edmonson 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 Edmonson 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
Edmonson County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:08 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:09 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:08 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:08 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:03 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:10 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:07 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:03 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:05 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Edmonson County were on the road by 7:13 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:10 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Edmonson County now leave 25 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 Edmonson County has moved 10 minutes later.
How does Edmonson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Edmonson County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
31.2 min
20.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.4%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
3.0%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Edmonson County is 31.2 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 3.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Edmonson County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Edmonson County, KY is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,355 residents against a local median of 26,707. Edmonson County, KY's one-way commute, at 31.2 min, runs 54% above the 20.3 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 7.7 min on one-way commute, so Edmonson County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Edmonson County, KY has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Is commuting expensive in Edmonson County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 260 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,070 at a typical national wage. That's 50% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Edmonson County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Edmonson County, Kentucky?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Kentucky, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).