Commuting in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Harrison County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.
Harrison County holds about 0.4% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Harrison County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,354 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)
Harrison County
22.8 min
45.6 min
190 hrs/yr
$5,884
533
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
22.8
minutes to get to work in
Harrison County.
That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Harrison County
Car:
91.2%
Worked at Home:
5.1%
Walked:
2.7%
Other:
0.9%
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 Harrison County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Public transit is essentially absent in Harrison County, versus 0.6% in Kentucky.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Harrison County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Harrison County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in Harrison County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Harrison 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
92.7%
3.7%
2.1%
0.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
93.0%
4.1%
1.4%
0.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
94.3%
2.3%
1.5%
0.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
95.1%
1.9%
1.9%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
95.0%
2.2%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.1%
2.4%
2.1%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
94.1%
2.4%
1.8%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
93.3%
3.3%
2.0%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
93.0%
2.8%
2.0%
1.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
92.7%
3.6%
1.9%
1.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
92.8%
3.6%
2.1%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.5%
4.4%
2.5%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.9%
4.4%
2.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
91.0%
5.9%
2.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.5%
5.1%
3.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.2%
5.1%
2.7%
0.9%
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 2012 at 95.1% and lowest in 2023 at 90.5%. Overall it fell from 92.7% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, down 1.5 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Harrison County: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 5.1% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Harrison County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harrison County?
The bars show when commuters in Harrison 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 AMHarrison County5.0%Kentucky5.9%
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHarrison County5.4%Kentucky4.3%
5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHarrison County4.4%Kentucky5.3%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHarrison County9.3%Kentucky8.3%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHarrison County16.5%Kentucky10.3%
16.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHarrison County11.5%Kentucky14.8%
11.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHarrison County15.5%Kentucky12.4%
15.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHarrison County7.0%Kentucky9.6%
7.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHarrison County4.4%Kentucky4.5%
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHarrison County5.1%Kentucky5.2%
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHarrison County0.7%Kentucky2.5%
0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHarrison County0.5%Kentucky1.3%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHarrison County6.5%Kentucky7.3%
6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHarrison County8.2%Kentucky8.4%
8.2%
Harrison CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Harrison County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 16.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are about as common as in Kentucky: 14.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kentucky: 50.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.1%) 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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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
Harrison County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:17 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:15 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:16 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Harrison County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Harrison County now leave 13 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 Harrison County has moved 10 minutes later.
How does Harrison County's commute time compare?
Metric
Harrison County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.8 min
20.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 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
5.1%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.7%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Harrison County is 22.8 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Harrison County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Harrison County, KY is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,140 residents against a local median of 14,723. Harrison County, KY's work from home, at 5.1%, runs 46% below the 9.4% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 22.8 min against a local median of 30.7 min, 26% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 26% below the local median it puts Harrison County, KY at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.5% on work from home, so Harrison County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Harrison County, KY has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Harrison County, Kentucky.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Harrison County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 190 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,884 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Harrison County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Harrison 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.
Do people use public transit in Harrison 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).