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Lyon County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lyon 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 Lyon County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lyon County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

Lyon County holds about 0.2% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lyon County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,930 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)
Lyon County 18.7 min 37.3 min 156 hrs/yr $4,824 520
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

Lyon County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in Lyon County. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 71% of counties in Kentucky

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 4.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lyon County

  • Car: 90.1%
  • Worked at Home: 4.8%
  • Walked: 4.3%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • 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 Lyon County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Lyon County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lyon 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 94.0% 3.3% 2.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.6% 3.2% 1.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 94.7% 2.7% 2.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.7% 1.5% 3.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 95.5% 1.9% 1.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 94.0% 1.7% 3.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 94.2% 1.4% 3.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2016 96.0% 1.1% 1.8% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 97.0% 1.2% 0.8% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 95.9% 1.2% 1.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 95.6% 1.8% 1.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 95.9% 2.0% 1.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.7% 3.2% 2.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 92.4% 4.5% 2.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 92.5% 4.9% 1.7% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.1% 4.8% 4.3% 0.8% 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 2017 at 97.0%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 90.1% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Lyon County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 4.3% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Lyon County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Kentucky's 120 counties: the typical start is 26 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lyon County?

The bars show when commuters in Lyon 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
12.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
10.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
9.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lyon County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 17.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 27.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kentucky: 49.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.6%) 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County Kentucky United States
2009 7:21 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:22 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:33 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:38 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:32 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:33 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:32 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:20 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:27 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:16 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:25 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:05 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:55 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lyon County were on the road by 6:55 AM, 26 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:21 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Lyon County now leave 43 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 Lyon County has moved 26 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Lyon County in the whole series.

How does Lyon County's commute time compare?

Metric Lyon County Kentucky US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.7 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 4.8% 10.2% 15.0%
Walked 4.3% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lyon County is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 4.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lyon County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lyon County, KY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,900 residents against a local median of 12,618. Nothing separates Lyon County, KY sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 14% below the local median at 18.7 min against 21.8 min. Lyon County, KY has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Lyon County, KY 8,900 18.7 min #1/6 4.8% #5/6 6:55 AM #2/6
Caldwell County, KY 12,618 18.9 min 4.0% 7:14 AM
Marshall County, KY 31,743 21.0 min 7.9% 7:20 AM
Trigg County, KY 14,315 22.6 min 10.3% 7:18 AM
Livingston County, KY 8,899 26.9 min 4.9% 6:52 AM
Crittenden County, KY 8,979 21.8 min 5.5% 7:07 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lyon County, Kentucky.

Is living in Lyon County, Kentucky good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,824 at a typical national wage. That's 10% less than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Lyon County, Kentucky?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Lyon 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.

How common is public transit use in Lyon 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.

Which counties in Kentucky have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).