Knott County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Knott County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Knott County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 175 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Knott County holds about 0.3% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Knott County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,173 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)
Knott County	21.0 min	42.1 min	175 hrs/yr	$5,433	397
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.

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On average, it takes 21.0 minutes to get to work in Knott County. That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Knott County

• Car: 87.6%
• Worked at Home: 7.6%
• Walked: 4.1%
• Other: 0.7%
• 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 Knott County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Knott County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Knott 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.4%	6.2%	2.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	92.0%	4.6%	2.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	94.4%	2.1%	2.4%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	94.8%	0.9%	3.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	93.2%	2.3%	3.0%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	92.6%	2.3%	2.5%	2.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	90.0%	2.3%	4.5%	2.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.2%	1.8%	5.0%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	89.8%	2.0%	5.6%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	90.2%	1.6%	5.2%	2.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	88.5%	2.9%	5.9%	2.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.5%	5.6%	3.9%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	85.5%	7.2%	5.5%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	88.0%	6.6%	3.7%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.1%	8.9%	4.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.6%	7.6%	4.1%	0.7%	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 94.8% and lowest in 2023 at 85.1%. Overall it fell from 90.4% in 2009 to 87.6% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Knott County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 4.1% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points.

Walking peaked at 5.9% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 4.1%.

Commute Start Times in Knott County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Knott County?

The bars show when commuters in Knott 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 AM Knott County3.3% Kentucky5.9%	3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Knott County0.5% Kentucky4.3%	0.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Knott County4.5% Kentucky5.3%	4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Knott County7.2% Kentucky8.3%	7.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Knott County7.2% Kentucky10.3%	7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Knott County16.6% Kentucky14.8%	16.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Knott County19.6% Kentucky12.4%	19.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Knott County15.4% Kentucky9.6%	15.4%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Knott County6.6% Kentucky4.5%	6.6%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Knott County3.6% Kentucky5.2%	3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Knott County2.3% Kentucky2.5%	2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Knott County1.1% Kentucky1.3%	1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Knott County4.1% Kentucky7.3%	4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Knott County7.9% Kentucky8.4%	7.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Knott County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Kentucky. Early starts are less common than in Kentucky: 8.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kentucky: 58.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.9%) 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 Knott 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 Knott 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 Knott 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.

• Knott County
• Kentucky
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Knott County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:49 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:48 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:46 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Knott County were on the road by 7:46 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:29 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Knott County now leave 8 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Knott County has moved 13 minutes later.

How does Knott County's commute time compare?

Metric	Knott County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.0 min	20.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.6%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Knott County is about the same as in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 4.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau