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Commuting in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Livingston County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 225 hours, about 9.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.2 minutes.

Livingston 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 Livingston County would save about 90 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,785 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)
Livingston County 26.9 min 53.9 min 225 hrs/yr $6,962 612
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

Livingston County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.9 minutes to get to work in Livingston County. That's 20% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 77% of counties in Kentucky

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Livingston County

  • Car: 87.2%
  • Worked at Home: 4.9%
  • Walked: 3.4%
  • Other: 2.3%
  • Public Transportation: 1.5%
  • Motorcycle: 0.7% unusually high
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Livingston County: 9.1 times more than the Kentucky average (0.7% vs 0.1%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Livingston County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Livingston 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 Motorcycle Taxi Bicycle
2009 94.4% 1.9% 0.6% 2.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
2010 95.0% 1.9% 0.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
2011 95.9% 1.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4%
2012 95.0% 1.8% 1.3% 1.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 95.4% 2.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4%
2014 95.6% 2.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 95.5% 2.5% 0.9% 0.5% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 95.1% 3.3% 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 93.6% 4.1% 0.5% 1.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 93.2% 4.0% 0.9% 1.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 94.0% 3.6% 0.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 90.6% 5.9% 1.8% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 89.2% 5.2% 2.9% 2.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 89.9% 3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 89.4% 4.4% 2.6% 2.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.2% 4.9% 3.4% 2.3% 1.5% 0.7% 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 2011 at 95.9%. Overall it fell from 94.4% in 2009 to 87.2% in 2024, down 7.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Livingston County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 4.9% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 5.9% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 4.9%.

Commute Start Times in Livingston County

  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Kentucky's 120 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:52 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Livingston County?

The bars show when commuters in Livingston 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
8.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
14.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Livingston County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 17.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 22.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kentucky's: 47.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.6%) 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 Livingston 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 Livingston 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 Livingston 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 Livingston County Kentucky United States
2009 7:06 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:01 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:55 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:55 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:10 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:03 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:49 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:48 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:54 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:59 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:54 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:54 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:53 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:59 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:49 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:52 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Livingston County were on the road by 6:52 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:06 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Livingston County now leave 45 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 Livingston County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Livingston County's commute time compare?

Metric Livingston County Kentucky US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.9 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 4.9% 10.2% 15.0%
Walked 3.4% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit 1.5% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Livingston County is 26.9 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

1.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 3.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Livingston County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Livingston County, KY is typical in size for this group, 8,899 residents against a local median of 8,900, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Livingston County, KY apart most is one-way commute: 26.9 min, 24% above the local median of 21.8 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 12.3 min on one-way commute, so Livingston County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Livingston County, KY has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Livingston County, KY 8,899 26.9 min #5/6 4.9% #4/6 6:52 AM #1/6
Pope County, IL 3,739 31.0 min 10.0% 7:29 AM
Crittenden County, KY 8,979 21.8 min 5.5% 7:07 AM
Hardin County, IL 3,602 23.1 min 2.2% 7:27 AM
Marshall County, KY 31,743 21.0 min 7.9% 7:20 AM
Lyon County, KY 8,900 18.7 min 4.8% 6:55 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Is commuting expensive in Livingston County, Kentucky?

Commuters here spend an estimated 225 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,962 at a typical national wage. That's 30% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Livingston County, Kentucky?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Livingston County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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).