Commuting in McCracken 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 McCracken County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in McCracken County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 129 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.
McCracken County holds about 1.5% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in McCracken County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,606 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)
McCracken County
15.5 min
31.1 min
129 hrs/yr
$4,014
835
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
15.5
minutes to get to work in
McCracken County.
That's 31% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Kentucky
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in McCracken County
Car:
87.7%
Worked at Home:
8.3%
Walked:
2.0%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Taxi:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in McCracken County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in McCracken County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in McCracken 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
Other
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.5%
3.0%
1.2%
0.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
2010
93.0%
3.1%
1.2%
0.9%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
2011
93.5%
3.1%
1.0%
0.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
2012
94.3%
2.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
2013
94.5%
2.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2014
94.6%
2.7%
1.0%
0.4%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
94.8%
2.5%
1.2%
0.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
93.3%
3.3%
1.7%
0.4%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.3%
3.2%
2.0%
0.4%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.5%
2.9%
1.8%
0.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
93.2%
3.3%
1.5%
0.5%
1.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
91.6%
4.7%
1.6%
0.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
2021
92.3%
4.8%
1.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
2022
90.3%
5.6%
1.6%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.7%
0.2%
2023
89.2%
7.2%
1.5%
0.6%
0.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2024
87.7%
8.3%
2.0%
0.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 94.8%. Overall it fell from 93.5% in 2009 to 87.7% in 2024, down 5.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in McCracken County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 8.3% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 6th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in McCracken County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in McCracken County?
The bars show when commuters in McCracken 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 AMMcCracken County2.9%Kentucky5.9%
2.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMcCracken County3.1%Kentucky4.3%
3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMcCracken County6.4%Kentucky5.3%
6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMcCracken County8.3%Kentucky8.3%
8.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMcCracken County11.0%Kentucky10.3%
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMcCracken County15.0%Kentucky14.8%
15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMcCracken County13.0%Kentucky12.4%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMcCracken County9.8%Kentucky9.6%
9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMcCracken County4.3%Kentucky4.5%
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMcCracken County4.6%Kentucky5.2%
4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMcCracken County3.5%Kentucky2.5%
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMcCracken County1.3%Kentucky1.3%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMcCracken County7.4%Kentucky7.3%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMcCracken County9.3%Kentucky8.4%
9.3%
McCracken CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in McCracken County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are less common than in Kentucky: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kentucky's: 48.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.1%) 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 McCracken 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 McCracken 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 McCracken 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
McCracken County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 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
7:35 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:40 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:46 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:49 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in McCracken County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in McCracken County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in McCracken County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does McCracken County's commute time compare?
Metric
McCracken County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.3%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in McCracken County is 15.5 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Kentucky. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Kentucky.
McCracken County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
McCracken County, KY is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 67,525 residents against a local median of 7,652. McCracken County, KY's work from home, at 8.3%, runs 55% above the 5.3% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 15.5 min against a local median of 22.4 min, 31% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 31% below the local median it puts McCracken County, KY at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.5% on work from home, so McCracken County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. McCracken County, KY has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in McCracken County, Kentucky.
Is commuting expensive in McCracken County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 129 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,014 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in McCracken County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in McCracken 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.
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).