Commuting in Elliott 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 Elliott County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Elliott 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 10.4 minutes.
Elliott 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 Elliott County would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,220 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)
Elliott County
31.2 min
62.3 min
260 hrs/yr
$8,051
719
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
Elliott County.
That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 93% of counties in Kentucky
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 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 Elliott County
Car:
92.1%
Worked at Home:
7.3%
Walked:
0.5%unusually low
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Elliott County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Walking is unusually rare in Elliott County: 4.3 times less than the Kentucky average (0.5% vs 2.0%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Elliott County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Elliott County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Few people walk or bike to work in Elliott County: just 0.5%, 4.7 times below the Kentucky average of 2.2%.
Commute Mode Trends in Elliott County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Elliott 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
94.2%
2.0%
2.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2010
93.0%
3.4%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2011
94.1%
2.6%
0.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
2012
92.7%
3.1%
0.8%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
2013
94.4%
3.4%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2014
94.2%
2.0%
2.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2015
94.4%
1.9%
2.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2016
94.0%
2.8%
2.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.6%
3.2%
1.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2018
94.6%
2.0%
2.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2019
95.7%
1.8%
1.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2020
96.7%
1.2%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2021
94.6%
3.3%
1.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2022
91.4%
7.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2023
91.0%
8.3%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
92.1%
7.3%
0.5%
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 was highest in 2020 at 96.7% and lowest in 2023 at 91.0%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 92.1% in 2024, down 2.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Elliott County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 7.3% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 8.3% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 7.3%.
Commute Start Times in Elliott County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Elliott County?
The bars show when commuters in Elliott 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 AMElliott County10.0%Kentucky5.9%
10.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMElliott County4.7%Kentucky4.3%
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMElliott County9.0%Kentucky5.3%
9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMElliott County11.6%Kentucky8.3%
11.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMElliott County6.6%Kentucky10.3%
6.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMElliott County19.1%Kentucky14.8%
19.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMElliott County6.8%Kentucky12.4%
6.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMElliott County12.7%Kentucky9.6%
12.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMElliott County7.0%Kentucky4.5%
7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMElliott County5.7%Kentucky5.2%
5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMElliott County0.3%Kentucky2.5%
0.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMElliott County1.5%Kentucky1.3%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMElliott County4.5%Kentucky7.3%
4.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMElliott County0.7%Kentucky8.4%
0.7%
Elliott CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Elliott County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 23.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kentucky's: 45.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.5%) 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 Elliott 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 Elliott 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 Elliott 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
Elliott County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:13 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:56 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:02 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:44 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:23 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Elliott County were on the road by 7:13 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Kentucky, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Elliott 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 Elliott County has moved 49 minutes earlier.
How does Elliott County's commute time compare?
Metric
Elliott County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
31.2 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.3%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
0.5%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Elliott County is 31.2 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Elliott County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Elliott County, KY is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,307 residents against a local median of 22,334. Elliott County, KY's one-way commute, at 31.2 min, runs 50% above the 20.7 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 10.1 min on one-way commute, so Elliott County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Elliott County, KY has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Elliott County, Kentucky.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Elliott County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 260 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,051 at a typical national wage. That's 50% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Elliott County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Elliott County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).