Commuting in Leslie 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 Leslie County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Leslie County spend about 64 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 266 hours, about 11.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 11.1 minutes.
Leslie County holds about 0.2% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Leslie County would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,294 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)
Leslie County
31.9 min
63.8 min
266 hrs/yr
$8,236
218
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
31.9
minutes to get to work in
Leslie County.
That's 42% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 4.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Leslie County
Car:
95.8%
Worked at Home:
4.0%
Walked:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Leslie County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Walking is unusually rare in Leslie County: 15.8 times less than the Kentucky average (0.1% vs 2.0%).
Public transit is essentially absent in Leslie County, versus 0.6% in Kentucky.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Leslie County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Leslie County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Few people walk or bike to work in Leslie County: just 0.1%, 17.3 times below the Kentucky average of 2.2%.
Commute Mode Trends in Leslie County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Leslie 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
98.0%
0.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2010
98.4%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2011
98.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
98.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2013
97.1%
0.3%
1.2%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
97.0%
0.0%
1.2%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
96.4%
0.1%
1.2%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
93.8%
1.3%
2.5%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
94.8%
0.9%
1.9%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2018
97.2%
1.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
95.2%
3.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
97.3%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
97.8%
2.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
96.0%
3.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
94.8%
5.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
95.8%
4.0%
0.1%
0.0%
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 98.6% and lowest in 2016 at 93.8%. Overall it fell from 98.0% in 2009 to 95.8% in 2024, down 2.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Leslie County: its share of workers rose from 0.7% in 2009 to 4.0% in 2024, up 3.3 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 2.2% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Leslie County
😴Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Kentucky's 120 counties: 34.1% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Leslie County?
The bars show when commuters in Leslie 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 AMLeslie County8.8%Kentucky5.9%
8.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLeslie County2.7%Kentucky4.3%
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLeslie County4.2%Kentucky5.3%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLeslie County6.1%Kentucky8.3%
6.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLeslie County8.0%Kentucky10.3%
8.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLeslie County21.8%Kentucky14.8%
21.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLeslie County7.3%Kentucky12.4%
7.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLeslie County5.7%Kentucky9.6%
5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLeslie County1.2%Kentucky4.5%
1.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLeslie County4.2%Kentucky5.2%
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLeslie County2.4%Kentucky2.5%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLeslie County2.4%Kentucky1.3%
2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLeslie County8.4%Kentucky7.3%
8.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLeslie County16.7%Kentucky8.4%
16.7%
Leslie CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Leslie County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are about as common as in Kentucky: 15.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 42.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (34.1%) 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 Leslie 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 Leslie 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 Leslie 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
Leslie County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:13 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:08 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:17 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:44 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Leslie County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Leslie 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 Leslie County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Leslie County's commute time compare?
Metric
Leslie County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
31.9 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
4.0%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
0.1%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Leslie County is 31.9 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 0.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Leslie County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Leslie County, KY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 10,079 residents against a local median of 19,921. The measure that sets Leslie County, KY apart most is one-way commute: 31.9 min, 76% above the local median of 18.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 4.0% against a local median of 8.2%, 51% below it. The counties themselves sit within 5.6 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Leslie County, KY, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Leslie County, KY has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Leslie County, Kentucky.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Leslie County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 266 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,236 at a typical national wage. That's 53% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Leslie County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Leslie 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.
Do people use public transit in Leslie 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).