Commuting in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Montgomery County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 169 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.
Montgomery County holds about 0.6% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Montgomery County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,094 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)
Montgomery County
20.3 min
40.5 min
169 hrs/yr
$5,236
392
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
20.3
minutes to get to work in
Montgomery County.
That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 7.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Montgomery County
Car:
90.5%
Worked at Home:
7.6%
Walked:
1.0%
Other:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Montgomery County: 4.7 times less than the Kentucky average (0.1% vs 0.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Montgomery County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Montgomery County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in Montgomery County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Montgomery 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
94.4%
1.9%
2.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
95.5%
1.8%
1.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
96.8%
0.8%
1.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
97.2%
0.8%
1.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
97.2%
0.8%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
96.8%
1.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
96.2%
1.6%
1.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2016
96.7%
1.8%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2017
96.3%
2.2%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
96.3%
2.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
96.7%
2.2%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
97.3%
1.9%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.1%
4.3%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.6%
4.6%
0.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.3%
7.1%
0.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.5%
7.6%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
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 2020 at 97.3%. Overall it fell from 94.4% in 2009 to 90.5% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Montgomery County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 1.0% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Montgomery County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Montgomery County?
The bars show when commuters in Montgomery 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 AMMontgomery County9.1%Kentucky5.9%
9.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMontgomery County5.1%Kentucky4.3%
5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMontgomery County3.4%Kentucky5.3%
3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMontgomery County9.4%Kentucky8.3%
9.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMontgomery County16.4%Kentucky10.3%
16.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMontgomery County10.4%Kentucky14.8%
10.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMontgomery County12.0%Kentucky12.4%
12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMontgomery County8.8%Kentucky9.6%
8.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMontgomery County2.9%Kentucky4.5%
2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMontgomery County3.2%Kentucky5.2%
3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMontgomery County2.4%Kentucky2.5%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMontgomery County1.2%Kentucky1.3%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMontgomery County9.4%Kentucky7.3%
9.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMontgomery County6.3%Kentucky8.4%
6.3%
Montgomery CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Montgomery County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 16.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 17.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kentucky's: 47.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.6%) 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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
Montgomery County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:18 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:15 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:18 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:19 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:33 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
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Montgomery County were on the road by 7:19 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Kentucky, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Montgomery County now leave 19 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 Montgomery County has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Montgomery County's commute time compare?
Metric
Montgomery County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.3 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
7.6%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Montgomery County is 20.3 minutes, shorter than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Montgomery County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Montgomery County, KY is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 28,394 residents against a local median of 12,851. Where Montgomery County, KY breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 37% above the local median of 5.5% at 7.6%.
The counties themselves spread 8.3% on work from home, so Montgomery County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Montgomery County, KY has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Montgomery County, Kentucky.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Montgomery County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 169 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,236 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Montgomery County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, Kentucky?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).