Commuting in Estill 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 Estill County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Estill County spend about 55 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 229 hours, about 9.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.8 minutes.
Estill 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 Estill County would save about 92 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,845 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)
Estill County
27.5 min
55.1 min
229 hrs/yr
$7,113
336
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
27.5
minutes to get to work in
Estill County.
That's 23% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 82% of counties in Kentucky
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Estill County
Car:
85.9%
Worked at Home:
7.0%
Walked:
4.5%
Other:
1.7%
Bicycle:
0.8%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Estill County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Public transit is unusually rare in Estill County: 5.0 times less than the Kentucky average (0.1% vs 0.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Estill County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is unusually common in Estill County: 4.3 times more than the Kentucky average (0.8% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Estill County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Estill 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
95.3%
1.2%
1.9%
0.4%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
94.5%
1.1%
2.9%
0.5%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
95.9%
0.6%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
95.4%
1.2%
2.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
93.9%
2.0%
2.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.3%
1.9%
1.4%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
94.8%
3.1%
0.7%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
94.5%
3.3%
0.9%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.0%
3.2%
0.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.8%
4.1%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
96.2%
3.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.6%
2.0%
3.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.3%
5.0%
3.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.2%
5.0%
3.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.8%
4.3%
4.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.9%
7.0%
4.5%
1.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 96.2%. Overall it fell from 95.3% in 2009 to 85.9% in 2024, down 9.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Estill County: its share of workers rose from 1.2% in 2009 to 7.0% in 2024, up 5.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Estill County
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Kentucky's 120 counties: the typical start is 22 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Estill County?
The bars show when commuters in Estill 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 AMEstill County5.2%Kentucky5.9%
5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMEstill County3.5%Kentucky4.3%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMEstill County5.6%Kentucky5.3%
5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMEstill County10.4%Kentucky8.3%
10.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMEstill County10.2%Kentucky10.3%
10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMEstill County16.1%Kentucky14.8%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMEstill County12.7%Kentucky12.4%
12.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMEstill County8.3%Kentucky9.6%
8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMEstill County3.5%Kentucky4.5%
3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMEstill County7.2%Kentucky5.2%
7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMEstill County2.7%Kentucky2.5%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMEstill County1.8%Kentucky1.3%
1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMEstill County6.8%Kentucky7.3%
6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMEstill County5.9%Kentucky8.4%
5.9%
Estill CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Estill County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are less common than in Kentucky: 14.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kentucky's: 47.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.4%) 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 Estill 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 Estill 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 Estill 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
Estill County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:06 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:09 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:07 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:08 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:18 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:12 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:18 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:23 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Estill County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 22 minutes later than in 2009 (7:06 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Estill County now leave 10 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 Estill County has moved 15 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Estill County in the whole series.
How does Estill County's commute time compare?
Metric
Estill County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
27.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.0%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
4.5%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Estill County is 27.5 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 4.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Estill County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Estill County, KY is typical in size for this group, 14,035 residents against a local median of 13,086, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Estill County, KY's one-way commute, at 27.5 min, runs 20% above the 23.0 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 11.2 min on one-way commute, so Estill County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Estill County, KY has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Estill County, Kentucky.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Estill County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 229 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,113 at a typical national wage. That's 32% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Estill County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Estill County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Estill County, Kentucky?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Kentucky, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across 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).