Commuting in Grant 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 Grant County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Grant County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.
Grant County holds about 0.6% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Grant County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,730 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)
Grant County
26.4 min
52.8 min
220 hrs/yr
$6,824
492
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
26.4
minutes to get to work in
Grant County.
That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 76% of counties in Kentucky
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Grant County
Car:
88.9%
Worked at Home:
7.6%
Walked:
2.9%
Other:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Public transit is unusually rare in Grant County: 14.1 times less than the Kentucky average (0.0% vs 0.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in Grant County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Grant 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
95.1%
2.6%
0.9%
0.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
94.7%
2.7%
1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
95.8%
2.4%
0.7%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
95.0%
2.5%
0.4%
1.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
94.3%
2.7%
1.4%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
95.2%
2.5%
1.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
95.6%
2.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
94.8%
2.6%
1.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
95.2%
3.0%
1.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
96.1%
2.7%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
95.7%
2.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
93.5%
3.3%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
93.3%
3.5%
2.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
91.5%
4.7%
2.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
89.6%
6.7%
2.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
88.9%
7.6%
2.9%
0.6%
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 peaked in 2018 at 96.1%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 88.9% in 2024, down 6.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Grant County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Grant County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grant County?
The bars show when commuters in Grant 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 AMGrant County6.9%Kentucky5.9%
6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGrant County6.7%Kentucky4.3%
6.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGrant County7.3%Kentucky5.3%
7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGrant County9.9%Kentucky8.3%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGrant County6.2%Kentucky10.3%
6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGrant County19.4%Kentucky14.8%
19.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGrant County9.0%Kentucky12.4%
9.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGrant County8.5%Kentucky9.6%
8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGrant County1.6%Kentucky4.5%
1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGrant County3.1%Kentucky5.2%
3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGrant County1.2%Kentucky2.5%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGrant County0.1%Kentucky1.3%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGrant County8.3%Kentucky7.3%
8.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGrant County11.8%Kentucky8.4%
11.8%
Grant CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Grant County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 20.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 43.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.6%) 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant 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
Grant County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:14 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:13 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:09 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:14 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:10 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Grant County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Grant County now leave 18 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 Grant County has moved 11 minutes later.
How does Grant County's commute time compare?
Metric
Grant County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.4 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
04:00 PM – 11:59 PM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.6%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.9%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Grant County is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 2.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Grant County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Grant County, KY is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 25,418 residents against a local median of 14,723. The measure that sets Grant County, KY apart most is work from home: 7.6%, 33% below the local median of 11.3%.
The counties themselves spread 9.5% on work from home, so Grant County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Grant County, KY has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Grant County, Kentucky.
Is living in Grant County, Kentucky good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,824 at a typical national wage. That's 27% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Grant County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Grant County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Grant 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.
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).