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Commute Time Burden in Fulton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Fulton County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 154 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.3 minutes.

Fulton 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 Fulton County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,908 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)
Fulton County 18.5 min 36.9 min 154 hrs/yr $4,771 265
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

Fastest commutes among counties in Kentucky
  1. Calloway County (13.9 min)
  2. Owsley County (15.0 min)
  3. Taylor County (15.3 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Kentucky
  1. Owen County (37.7 min)
  2. Spencer County (33.3 min)
  3. Bracken County (33.2 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Fulton County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.5 minutes to get to work in Fulton County. That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 72% of counties in Kentucky

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 4.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Fulton County

  • Car: 89.8%
  • Walked: 4.7%
  • Worked at Home: 4.0%
  • Motorcycle: 0.8% unusually high
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Fulton County: 10.7 times more than the Kentucky average (0.8% vs 0.1%).

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Fulton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Fulton 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 Walked Worked at Home Motorcycle Other Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 90.5% 0.4% 4.0% 0.3% 4.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 92.0% 0.3% 3.2% 0.3% 3.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 92.8% 1.3% 3.0% 0.4% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 95.1% 1.4% 1.9% 0.0% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 93.9% 1.1% 2.1% 0.4% 1.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.7% 1.0% 3.1% 0.4% 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 90.1% 2.5% 4.6% 0.5% 1.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 89.3% 1.4% 5.7% 0.6% 1.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2017 87.7% 1.7% 6.5% 0.4% 2.6% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2%
2018 91.4% 2.0% 4.0% 0.0% 1.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.4%
2019 90.1% 2.4% 4.2% 0.0% 2.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.4%
2020 93.0% 2.3% 2.3% 0.0% 1.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.9% 2.2% 3.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 93.2% 2.2% 4.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 90.5% 3.9% 4.4% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 89.8% 4.7% 4.0% 0.8% 0.7% 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 2012 at 95.1% and lowest in 2017 at 87.7%. Overall it fell from 90.5% in 2009 to 89.8% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Fulton County: its share of workers rose from 0.4% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points.

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 6.5% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 4.0%.

Commute Start Times in Fulton County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Kentucky's 120 counties: 59.3% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Fulton County?

The bars show when commuters in Fulton 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
3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
25.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
8.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
0.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
18.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Fulton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 25.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are less common than in Kentucky: 9.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kentucky: 59.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.0%) 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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County Kentucky United States
2009 7:29 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:33 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:36 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:29 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:27 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:26 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:22 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:28 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:39 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:35 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:46 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:40 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:50 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:29 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:22 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Fulton County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:29 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Fulton County now leave 16 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 Fulton County has moved 24 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Fulton County in the whole series.

How does Fulton County's commute time compare?

Metric Fulton County Kentucky US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.5 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 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 4.0% 10.2% 15.0%
Walked 4.7% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Fulton County is 18.5 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 4.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Fulton County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Fulton County, KY is typical in size for this group, 6,409 residents against a local median of 6,577, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Fulton County, KY sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 6% below the local median at 4.0% against 4.3%. Fulton County, KY has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Fulton County, KY 6,409 18.5 min #5/6 4.0% #4/6 7:22 AM #5/6
Obion County, TN 30,444 17.1 min 3.2% 7:16 AM
Hickman County, KY 4,439 18.3 min 7.1% 7:17 AM
Mississippi County, MO 11,898 18.2 min 4.9% 7:21 AM
Carlisle County, KY 4,760 25.8 min 4.3% 7:03 AM
Lake County, TN 6,577 18.0 min 2.7% 7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Fulton County, Kentucky.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Fulton County, Kentucky?

Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,771 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Fulton County, Kentucky?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Fulton County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Fulton 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.

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).